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Its a lovely day

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What a great morning to go out running. Its mild, a little damp but the sky is blue. As I've not been out for a few days I was up at the crack of dawn desperate to go for a run. Mrs RfJ was not impressed at being shoved out of bed and ordered to get ready for work so early but hey ho!

With Mrs RfJ dropped off I headed into the City for a local parkrun track to do my intervals.

It was great fun, lots of runners around the park doing various training activities, the squirrels were also out in force. Simply wonderful. Except for the intervals that is. Holy cow I found them hard today but, onto week 3 of the NRC HM plan we now progress.

Happy running everyone.

PS having not run for two days I realised that actually, I hadn't left the house at all other than to drive my car ๐Ÿ˜ณ. Its so easy to get isolated and locked away.

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Instructor57Graduate10

A nice morning !Well done on taking advantage of it ๐Ÿ‘

Intervals can be tough but sounds like your doing just fine ๐Ÿ˜

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I have to admit Ian, I had to walk 2 of the recoveries ๐Ÿ˜จ.

Since my Covid infection in December I still struggle to get anywhere near my previous 5k pace. Getting there slowly but surely though.

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Instructor57Graduate10โ€ข in reply to

Your moving in the right direction with a plan , that's all the ingredients you need .It will come ๐Ÿ‘

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WoollyweaverGraduate10

Great post - made me smile. But do send my sympathies to MrsRfJ ๐Ÿ˜…

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Birdlady64Graduate10

You are right about not leaving the house - especially for those of us working from home still. That's one of the reasons why I love running.No blue sky here this morning sadly - just grey cloud. The sun really does make a difference to your mood doesn't it.

Sounds like you actually enjoyed those intervals, though maybe not at the time! ๐Ÿ˜

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The sun does make a huge difference you are absolutely right. I loved the intervals - afterwards when driving home in the car ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿคฃ

So right about leaving the house, I am feeling a bit like a hermit. Anyhow, sounds like you enjoyed your run, even though it was hard with the intervals!

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I have to admit BS that I feel a lot better emotionally having been out in the fresh air this morning ๐Ÿ‘.

Sometimes even a 10 minute walk can do the trick ๐Ÿ˜Š

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RoxdogGraduate10

Sounds great and with a lot of activity around, including squirrels, it sounds joyous!I know what you mean about those days you don't go out at all they can be brutal and my mood always dips.

Intervals are tough! My attempt this morning was not too impressive! Only about a minute per k difference between my comfortable running pace and my fast running pace ๐Ÿคฃ

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A minute difference per km is superb in my book Roxdog. About the same as me.

Although today my 1 mile pace was slower than my 5k pace. In my mind I was a finely tuned athlete zooming through the park. Sadly the message didn't reach my legs ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

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What's in our heads is probably thre most important thing! I was flying along really strongly this morning (in my head). ๐Ÿคฃ

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