14k week completed

[Me_time]

Tuesday was my 14k run day and there was a severe weather warning in place. It had rained all day and there was no break from the strong winds. The rain had slowed down to almost a stop when I reached my sister's house after work, we still put our rain jackets on and started the run. Not even half way through, the weather turned worse with thunder and lightening as we just reached the park. A couple of laps and suddenly it turned into heavy rain, I had not even recovered from the shock of the sharp rain on my face and it turned into hail! And we kept running.

I told my sister, I used to see these people running in rain and think 'what madness!' That night, I officially joined that club 🤣

There is no escape from this weather if I want to continue with my 3xruns a week during these Winter months, so I decided I might as well learn to run with it *sigh*.

Next week is 'setback' week as suggested by @nowster. The long run will be 8km.

Then 15k the following week and hopefully 16k the week after that

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done with your 14k.It's was 'setback' week for me also but for a different reason 😐

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Something to do with your back? I hope you get back to your longer runs soon.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Me_time]

Yes, I've had this before .I did a 14k about 10 months ago now and a 13k a few weeks ago and always seem to have problems around that distance.

Not always my back 😐

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

May be 13 & 14 are jinxed, try skipping them and jump straight to 15k!

[John_W Graduate10]

Well done - your progress since C25K is very impressive!

When nowster says a 'setback' week, are you sure it shouldn't be a 'cut-back' week, one in which you deliberately reduce your mileage/volume a bit , usually every 4th week or so?

'Set-back' sounds very negative!

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to John_W]

Ooooh thank you John_W . So far so good, touch wood. I some times think how just 6months ago when I started c25k I could not run even 1minute without being short of breath.May be I used the wrong terminology, from what I gathered, it meant a shorter long run. Hmm 'set-back' does sound negative when I think about it, I am sure it wasn't meant to be a negative word in this context.

[John_W Graduate10 in reply to Me_time]

The term used is definitely not 'set-back' 😀

"I'm had a set-back week last week"

"Oh no! What happened?"

"Oh nothing, I just ran a bit less?"

"Oh, is that all??"

The term used is 'cut back' - i.e., you're cutting back on your current mileage, to give your body a little break .

In the meantime, carry on! You're doing great!

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to John_W]

Thank you for the correction and explanation. English is my 2nd or may be 3rd language 😜

[John_W Graduate10 in reply to Me_time]

It's not obvious from your written English, which is excellent.

[Jell6 Graduate10 in reply to John_W]

Well he is from Middle Earth according to the bio!🤣🤣🤣

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to John_W]

Just kidding. All good 👍

[Jell6 Graduate10 in reply to Me_time]

I'm impressed and envious in equal measure 😊

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to Jell6]

🤔 I am confused..specially the 'envious' part.

[Jell6 Graduate10 in reply to Me_time]

I always envy people who can speak many languages.

[Me_time Graduate10 in reply to Jell6]

Learning languages is good for our brains. That is what the experts say anyway 😀

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to John_W]

I could swear I'd seen that term used that way somewhere else...

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done Me_time ! Ha ha I know what you mean, being one of those seriously nutty people who runs in the rain. Sheer madness! What a great run! 🤩