9km run, no thanks to NRC

[Yesletsgo]

Checking the weather forecast last night it predicted that this morning would be overcast and around 10C. Perfect for a run. Announced to my husband that The Plan was that we'd run 8km, very slowly.

I overslept a little as the alarm didn't go off so didn't wake up until 8.30. The plus was that I'd had a good long sleep and my Garmin Body Battery was at 100. Woo hoo, no excuses. Mr Yes wasn't looking very enthusiastic so I said not to worry, I'd go on my own. Five minutes later he was all kitted up and we set off.

He's got an inbuilt feeling for distances so I let him set the route, adding a couple of detours. As predicted it was pleasantly cool with the odd ray of sunshine. The mud was firm and not messy and unusually there was no fresh horse poo to avoid.

As always I set NRC for a distance, 8km today. We set off very nice and easy, over 9 mins/km. The app started playing up. OK, I wasn't going fast but I certainly wasn't stopped yet the app kept telling me 'workout paused', then a couple of moments later 'workout resumed'. I stopped the app and reset it for 7 km as I'd done about a km by now. Same thing. After another km I just couldn't stand it any longer and turned the wretched thing off. I still had my Garmin to tell me how I was doing. The path was so overgrown I didn't need any other distractions.

We got to 4km, feeling much happier. Reaching a straight concrete road branching off from where we were going I decided I was going to try and run fast for a hundred or two metres. I visualised myself as the evil Terminator from the second movie, no, not by collapsing in a puddle of mercury but by pumping arms and legs back and forth in a straight line very quickly. Reached a dizzying (for me) pace of 5.33min/km for about 30 seconds. If I could do that for 5 kms I'd get a sub 30 minute 5k. I'd probably die before I got there 😂

We decided to run a circular route rather than going back the way we came. At 8km we were still a way from home so decided to carry on. At 8.5km I was going to stop but husband said 'No, let's do 9!' This is the man who didn't fancy running this morning.

We carried on, past our house and up the road where we normally start our run. By now I was starting to feel a little tired, maybe this is where I'd be eating jelly babies if I was carrying on further? At 9km I jokingly said 'We could do 10?' but luckily this was taken as a joke.

All in all this was a great start to the week. Running slowly fills me with energy and I feel like I could take on the world. Maybe there's something in this Body Battery business!!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Good run for you today Yesletsgo, as you say running at 5.33/km pace would get you a sub 30 minute 5k, 🏃🏾 as far as I know I have only ran three runs where I have ran at 1 sub 6 minutes kilometer pace but I suspect that at parkrun there may have been a few more especially on the few sub 31 minute runs I have run at parkrun, I am glad that your husband asked you to continue with your run at 8.5k to get to 9K, it won't be long until you can run 10K.. 😊 🏃🏾

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

June is the anniversary of completing C25K so I've GOT to do it next month. After today I'm pretty sure I'll be able to

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

You will 🏃🏾😊👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Wow oh wow! my body battery has never got to 100, I’m impressed. What a lovely run and 9k is a good distance.

You made me smile too reading your post so thank you 😊

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Half the time my BB is around 95-100, the rest of the time it's lower. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. No idea how they work it out lol

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

I don’t know how they work it out either but it goes up when I ready and down when I’m active it’s a bit low now

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[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I'm only on 26 now, I've been working at my desk but apparently it's been stressful 😂If you asked me how I felt I'd be saying 'pretty good' if I hadn't seen this

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

Yes me too, work at 8 home at 4 straight out for short run and I feel like I could go again, silly isn’t it?

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

That's where it's not useful! Your run sounded great.

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I think I got in the 90's a couple of times WillowandSola, but it did give me a boost running on those days...usually in50's. I've realized I can run whatever it says. At my Hm it started at 70 and ended at 5...

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mormor1]

You used it all up

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Takes too long to recharge and doesn't hold the charge very long! Just like my phone!!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mormor1]

And mine

[Fionamags Graduate10]

Well done on carrying on despite the NRC gremlins getting in the way! Certainly won't be long till the magic 10!!

Intrigued by your bidy battery - I've never seen mine at 100 either. 🤔

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

You probably work a lot harder than me 😂There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how much the BB 'charges' overnight. Last Friday I only got less than 6 hours sleep and the BB was 97. On Monday I got more than 8 hours and the BB was 58 when I woke up. No idea what it measures!

By the way, I've turned off the auto stop/start for workouts on the NRC so will have another go next run to see if it's all sorted out.

[Fionamags Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Funnily enough I just checked my BB and it is sitting at 100 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Fionamags]

It heard you …. 😎😎🫢

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Where is the Body Battery on Garmin? I can’t find it!

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Scroll down health stats on phone

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Mormor1]

I don’t seem to have it ☹️

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Which Garmin have you got?

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Forerunner 645

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

I googled and it seems that the 645 doesn't have Body Battery, even though it's a higher spec gadget than my Forerunner 45

[Sandie1961 Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Oh boo 😒

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Very well done! You're so close now to your 10k target 😃👏👏👏👏 I think there's something going on with the NRC app. Yesterday I did one of their interval runs which never give me any trouble. Well, it only recorded 3 intervals (one of those being the warm up!) and it refused to even pause. I only realised when I went to check my stats after dinner - it was still recording the 'run', well over 3 hours by then! 😂 It kept going even after I restarted my phone but luckily I was able to stop it after the reboot. We'll see how it behaves on my next run 🤞

[Mormor1 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

My Nrc app has been playing up so I uninstalled it and started it again. Still played up?

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Sounds like a great run! A body battery of 100 needs to be taken advantage of doesn’t it 😊. It’s one of the things on Garmin I think is pretty accurate - I can tell the difference if it’s a nice high number. 😁