FAREWELL DAZZLING DECEMBER QUEST โœจ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒŸ - Bridge to 10K

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FAREWELL DAZZLING DECEMBER QUEST โœจ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒŸ

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IrishprincessGraduate10
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Well, itโ€™s the last day of the year and the last day of this Quest. A perfect time to look back and summarise how your Quest went.

Did you reach what you set out to do? Perhaps you did more? Or life, injury or other things got in the way and you didnโ€™t quite get there this time?

If you feel like it you can summarise your thoughts below in the comments.

Or, if youโ€™d rather just forget about December and get on with a new year, a new month and a new Quest (hosted by our fabulous Hidden ) then thatโ€™s absolutely understandable too ๐Ÿ™‚

Itโ€™s been an absolute pleasure hosting the Quest for December and Iโ€™ve loved reading your posts and updates. There have been some amazing achievements here and your enthusiasm and positivity have been shining through the whole month, so at the end of the day I think we had an amazingly dazzling December!! ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ซโœจ

I wish each and every one of you a healthy, happy New Year and joyous, injury-free running for 2022 x

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roseabi profile image
roseabi

Thank you IP, you are fabulous!!!!

I love those hellebores xxx

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to roseabi

I love Hellebores too, these are always the first to flower in my garden ๐Ÿ˜x

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Thank you Irishprincess I donโ€™t always join the quest because I start with a good plan then fizzle out but I dropped in at the beginning of the month and have been keeping up to date through the month. Have a healthy and happy New Year

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun

Youโ€™ve done brilliantly! A very Happy New Year to you x

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CBDBGraduate10

Still daily rowing, bar a day of rest weekly. Some stretching. A bit of yoga. But still no running! ๐Ÿ™

So Iโ€™m happy to start into the new year, although itโ€™s scary how fast the year has gone by, even if it was a difficult one.

Have a โ€œgreat slideโ€ into the new year (as we say in Germany).

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to CBDB

Daily rowing will build so much strength and stamina ๐Ÿ’ช

Good for you for keeping at it!

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RunWillieGraduate10

Thank you Irishprincess for hosting such a dazzling December quest.

I achieved my quest and managed a whole week without running.

Back at it tomorrow with the first park run of the year.

Happy New Year everyone โค๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to RunWillie

Just gone midnight now in Perth W. Australia so may I wish you RunWillie and your family a very Happy New Year for 2022 ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘

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RunWillieGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

Thank you AlMorr

Happy New Year to you.

We went to bed before midnight ๐Ÿคฃ

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to RunWillie

So did we!

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to RunWillie

Great photo!

Really well done on your Quest. The weekโ€™s rest will do you so much good ๐Ÿ™‚

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RunWillieGraduate10 in reply to Irishprincess

I found it hard taking 8 days off. Good to be back out there today. Happy New Year! ๐Ÿฅฐ

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to RunWillie

I took the whole month of January off last year (a mixture of niggles and tiredness) and found it ok but Iโ€™m not doing it this year as I have training to do ๐Ÿ™‚

Happy New Year to you all ๐Ÿฅ‚

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ForbiddenPlanetGraduate10

I would just like to say thank you IP for your gracious and superbly positive hosting this month, and also to the other able hosts from whom I have benefited as a Quester this autumn; Oldfloss in September, Sandra1961 and Shake-and-run in October, and Instructor57 in November.

I am a little surprised at the progress I have made in that time, having just completed a re-run of C25K in August after being mostly on the IC since May 2020, and the weekly check in and unfailing encouragement I have received as a quester has been invaluable in helping me along the way.

Been having a bit of a lazy Christmas, though my thoughts have turned to next year and the running I would like to do; I seem to have bought some high end trainers half price in the Nike sale, so I had better get on and lose some weight to be worthy of running in them!

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to ForbiddenPlanet

Youโ€™re very welcome! Iโ€™ve loved hosting this.

Well done on your Quest, youโ€™ve done extremely well and definitely earned a bit of lazing around ๐Ÿฅณ

Enjoy your new shoes and Happy New Year to you ๐Ÿค—

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GoogleMeGraduate10

Oh my! The Christmases roses... I always have some in memory of an all too brief pregnancy over this period.

It's been a funny old Quest for me. I said I was going to be gentle with myself and I have been. I also said I'd be happy if I managed a run, a yoga practice and a bath... well I had the bath!

We hadn't even been out for walks as much between lousy weather, being busy, and feeling ill. I also, bit of a shocker, had to go and get my heart reset at the hospital (but it worked a treat). We've been out for a walk today for the views and to get the cobwebs blown away - bit of a shocker how much fitness had gone.

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to GoogleMe

White flowers seem to sparkle at this time of year ๐ŸŒŸI love them.

You had the bath!!! Wonderful. I hope it was luxurious and bubbly ๐Ÿ˜ and you spent a long time in it โ˜บ๏ธ

Sorry youโ€™ve been ill and ended up at hospital, but good that youโ€™re out there in nature ๐ŸŒณ The fitness will come back again.

Happy New Year to you ๐Ÿฅ‚

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nowsterGraduate10

This month has been dominated mainly by the weather. We've had some awful rain at times, including Storm Barra.

This has reduced the time available for running a little. Other things have also taken priority from time to time.

My priority this month has always been to get through the month without getting injured. I think I've done that.

That said, I've been able to do about 100 miles of running this month, though my late target of getting 1000 miles in the year didn't happen. I was only 22km short!

And I kept up my habit of doing a HM distance each month.

Four of the five days I was away in Wales over Christmas visiting my parents, I did 5km. One of them equalled my PB time. Maybe that's why the Christmas excesses have not affected my weight one bit.

Looking towards the New Year, I'm definitely going to be keeping up the habit of doing parkruns, and I'd like to extend my longest distance (currently HM) by a bit. This time last year my longest run was 8km.

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to nowster

Youโ€™ve had an amazing year ๐Ÿ‘ Just think what you could achieve by this time next year!

And yes those storms put a little glitch in our running ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Happy New Year to you ๐Ÿฅ‚

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Frizzbomb67Graduate10

Yes bingo card complete! Thanks for hosting Irishprincess and Happy New Year ๐Ÿฅณ

Complete bingo card
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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to Frizzbomb67

Absolutely fantastic! Well done to you ๐Ÿ‘ Happy New Year to you ๐Ÿพ

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

Sorry to have missed the Quest this month your Maj, December was just a little too hectic this year to set any exercise goals for myself I would have loved to have joined you. Hoping to get my act together for January and start fresh.

Happy New Year to you ๐Ÿ˜Šxxx

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IrishprincessGraduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner

No worries lovely. December can be a manic month!

Hope youโ€™ve joined the Quest for Januaryโ€ฆ.? ๐Ÿ™‚

Happy New Year to you and yours xxx

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate10

โ˜บ I have your Maj ๐Ÿ˜‡ xxx

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