Return of the 5K "Bunny route" 🐰

[Instructor57]

Some here will know what I mean with the title 😁

Thought I'd get another run in this morning as my weekend could be busy .

(Really need to finish that tax return 😐)

I was unsure whether to do 4 or 5K but during my warm up walk I decided to do the NRC '5K Head starts'.

Today's playlist included Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull (Aqualung)

This was my first 5K for some time so wanted to keep it nice and steady and managed to keep the first 4k at fairly consistent splits , this was comfortable which reinforced my feeling that 5K would be fine .

I did find I had to conciously keep the pace lower than it wanted to be which was encouraging , breathing nice and controlled and niggle free 😁

And around my usual 5K route which several have said looks like a Rabbit 🐰

This was a comfortable run and I'm pleased I took my time getting back to it.

I'll likely do a few more 5K's and maybe a couple of 3K Fartlek runs in the next couple of weeks , my VO2 Max has taken a hit in the last few weeks !

Back home, stretches done (Misty the cat was doing hers on the back of the sofa 😁)

Porridge and a shower , then I suppose I should go and do some work 😐

Happy running!

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Lazy cat and energetic you! That seems a good time to me, my speed has really gone down since my injuries, so if that was slow and comfortable, then all good! It's great that you are back to regular running and feeling good too.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

Thanks, to be honest , never been much faster , they usually come out around 37 to 38 minutes, but not really bothered about that.Just nice to run without problems.

And Misty was in the same position when I went out 😁

[Hidden]

That is brilliant. You are working your way back in the right way. Perfect run 👍👏 for you. I bet you are delighted.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Yes, getting there , still only a 3rd of my previous distance but as have said, no rush 😁

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Yay the return of the bunny route 🐇👏👏👏 well done on your new 5k! That's really good pace too, it's great to feel yourself getting fitter and fitter isn't it 😁😁😁 and well done Misty for showing us how it's done 🥰🥰🥰

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thanks, good to start stretching it out a bit, especially with no issues 😁And Misty is still on the back of the sofa now 🤣🐱

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done! I didn’t know what the bunny route was - initially I saw the photo of Misty and I thought but that’s Misty, not a rabbit 🤣. A good 5k and well run, it sounds as though everything’s coming together 😊.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Haha, the bunny route is the strava trace 😁And yes, so far so good .

A long way to go to get back to where I was though 😟

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

Ah you’ll be back there before you know it. And probably a bit more too. 😊.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

🤞

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Oh I'm so happy to see Bunny back again. The forum isn't quite the same without him!Well done Ian. Nice to get a comfy niggle-free 5k in the bag once more. 👏😁

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Haha thank you 😁🐰

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

A good run for you, the map art definitely looks like a rabbit! good to know you were comfortable at 5k again

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Run rabbit run??? A great 5k in the bag!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

Thank you 😁

[Indielass00]

Well done Instructor57 ! 😀

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Indielass00]

Thank you ! ,😁👍

[Hidden]

Nice to see Misty again!

Sounds like a good run and feeling that the legs want to go faster is always nice to know you still have something in reserve. And yes, I do indeed now see a bunny!

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Evy, Yes it was a comfortable run !

And Misty likes to make an appearance occasionally 🐱

It was a contact on Twitter that first labeled it the 'Bunny' and sent me this picture 😁

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