August Quest week 1

[SueAppleRun]

I'm very excited to be asked to hold the quest posts this month. I hope you've all gone to bed though because for 14 more minutes it's still July, but I'm going to London tomorrow and will be getting ready and might forget.......anyway......

Hello everyone, whether you are running or resting a big welcome to the August quest.

Yes August already and a very special month for me, my firstborn arrived on 2nd August many years ago.

A very special thank you to MissUnderstanding for hosting the July Quest and what a hot one it was too. Running and swimming were what I did outside of work most days.

To introduce myself, I am the Sola half of WillowandSola, we started C25K in March 2019 before the pandemic and changes to all our lives. I run and am very keen but sometimes work takes all my energy and then I sit and contemplate my next run whenever that will be.

What is the Quest ?

The aim of the Quest is to help you find a focus or goal that you would like to achieve by the end of the Quest period.

The Quest takes one calendar month. You can join at any point during that time.

Some popular goals are:

★ To run three times a week

★ To slowly increase distance

★ To train for a specific race

★ To add Stretch and Strength exercises to your weekly routine

This is a personal challenge, so it's completely up to you! If you want to join, all you have to do is COMMENT BELOW with something like:

I would like to join the Quest, or, count me in! I want to ..............

Every week I will put up a new post and we can all chat about how we are doing.

For me I want to continue to run and follow the half marathon plan so that one day I actually reach that distance, even if it’s snail pace

So come on in, get comfy and have a think about what you want to do this month, then add your quest in the comments and we will all cheer you on 😊

I will post once a week during August and hope to see familiar names as well as some new ones.

Thank you for getting this far……..

The photo is the end of pier fireworks to say goodbye to July 2022

[Walshy3 Graduate10]

Count me in 👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Walshy3]

Super, let us know what your quest is and we can cheer you on

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Isn't that firework display is to celebrate a certain football match last night which England won?

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

Yes the women were amazing, and footballs come home 😀

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

👍

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I saw a post on Facebook that said that the England women's team got so fed up with waiting for the men to bring football home that they brought it home themselves 😂

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Brilliant! Thank you for hosting Sola 👏👏👏 I'm working on running more regularly. Life's a bit unpredictable at the moment and I can't make huge plans or commitments so I'll have to keep it simple. My quest for this month is to fit in at least two runs per week 🤞

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

Not just me then...phew .... may we keep each other going ? xxx

[Beatlesforever Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Perfect plan 🥰

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

Excellent ! x

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

2 runs a week is a great quest, let’s hope life lets you, we all need that down time and running clears our minds

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Hello! How lovely to have you here ...or rather in London

My Quest, after not managing hardly anything last month?

Simply to get a run in...soon.

That sounds fairly unexciting, but, after the last few weeks , and sorry if I sound a bit self pitying, I shall be really happy when I do! The last month has been a tad rough and I am still not back on form.

But, reading the posts on Couch and on here are what keep me buoyant so... I will give this my best!

If I do not appear each week to post my progress. chase me up, PLEASE!

Happy safe running fellow Questers x

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Lovely to see you here Floss , I’m happy to chase you up but I’ll never catch you 😀 let’s hope this month is better for you xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you xxx

[FurtherFaster Graduate10]

Hello all, very happy to be joining another quest, my first of the year!

My quest for this month is to get my running consistency back up to where it was this time last year, as I've been awful and it's showing on my fitness! I've also been making excuses since June that the weather was getting too hot for proper running, so I've compromised with myelf to make August the month I re-build the habit before I can start buildilng distance and pace again when the cooler months hit.

Overall aim is to be back running my weekly 10Ks by Christmas, but just for this month I want to hit 65KM total running distance, ideally over 3 - 4 runs per week.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to FurtherFaster]

Thank you for joining us, that’s a huge quest, good luck and let us know how you get on, we will all cheer you on too

[59er Graduate10]

Count me in! But where do I start? I've put on weight, not been running regularly and am just starting week 6 of my third C25K after injury. These things will sort themselves out I suppose if I say I'm going to make finishing C25k my August goal 🙂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to 59er]

And a good goal to have too, enjoy your return to running and don’t worry about the other things,

[LottieMW Ambassador]

Thanks for hosting this month W&S 😄

I’ve been somewhat lax with my posting for a while…is there such a thing as a “posting gremlin”? So #1…regular posting…

Anyhow, after a glitch last last autumn, I reran C25k and the Magic Plan to 60 minutes. I’m currently on W6 to get back to 10k…so I guess that is #2…

…and finally #3…restart YWA over on S&F…this month is aptly named “Begin”…so it would be churlish not too! 😂

Above all, to enjoy my running…it’s taking me longer this time around, and I’m even slower than last time…but I’m going to ignore the competitive gremlins and chill out and enjoy!

Happy running 🏃🏻‍♀️🐌🌻🧘🏻‍♀️💕

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to LottieMW]

Enjoying running is the biggest quest out, do whatever it takes to get that enjoyment and the rest will follow, YWA sounds good, special you time

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Thanks for hosting Sola-lovely to pass the virtual baton on to you!

I’m in again for questing. At the end of the month, I’m doing a 10k race so being ready for that is on my mind.

I’m currently running 4/5 times a week and really enjoying it. I definitely feel in a bit of a groove and I want to keep that going. That’s number one. I’m away for a week next week and it’ll be very tricky to run. I don’t want that to knock me off track.

There’s a YWA challenge starting and I really want to get back into doing yoga regularly.

Finally I actually want to fit in some cross training, ideally twice a week. That’s number three.

That should be achievable! Now to put a handy checklist in my running diary…

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Thank you for joining us, that all sounds very busy to me but achievable, have fun 🤩

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

No work over the summer…lots of extra time for sport!

[beth_f Graduate10]

Count me in SueAppleRun . Thank you for hosting.

My quest is just to be consistent with my running this month 😁!

I've re-downloaded the magic plan which I may tweak a bit.

Also to keep up with my strength work.

Physio gave me some new exercises to do which I will build into my S&F work - he has pretty much signed me off after all my many injuries recently but I've booked in to see him in 3 months for maintenance (as I know he gets very busy).

I think that's all fairly achievable 🤞

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to beth_f]

Sounds great, thank you for joining us I look forward to seeing how you get on

[Mumpark Graduate10]

Hi SolaI am going to join the quest this month and hope that I will be able to do it.

Today I restarted C2 5 K it is now just over 3 months since I had my bunion op.

I did pretty well considering I haven’t run at all I have been walking since 7 weeks after my op and gradually speeded up I decided that August 1st was the day to start.

I think I may have walked a bit faster than I should but I completed Week1 run 1

Onwards and upwards

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mumpark]

Woo hoo, have fun redoing C25K and we will cheer you on, good news on the bunion front too and that you are back running

[dijep Graduate10]

Hi Sola How great to see that you are hosting this month's quest, thankyou.

I'm still getting out twice a week, but haven't done many posts, not like me 😂 I've been struggling a bit too enjoy getting out there. I'm blaming my long holiday with all the lovely scenery and now I'm back to the same old routes.

SO my quest is simply to try to recapture the enjoyment of running, trying some new routes perhaps.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to dijep]

New routes, yes 👍 can’t wait to see you find the joy 🥹

[Yesletsgo Graduate10]

Hi Sola, thanks for hosting this month.I am not going to put 'Run 10k', instead one quest is to sign up for my local 10k run in October. If I have a date to aim for there's a lot more incentive to run the distance a couple of times beforehand, plus the second half of the course is my normal running route so I'm hoping this will give me an extra boost if I'm flagging towards the end.

I'm going away again so am aiming to do at least one run in the forest while I'm there.

Other than that, to run consistently at least 3 times a week. I started well, got a run in this morning

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

Thanks for joining us and what a good quest 😃

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you 😀

[nowster Graduate10]

Thanks for hosting this month, SueAppleRun .

This month's quest is to try to persist with the Garmin 10km plan. I'm starting to see some benefits from it, even if it's currently very repetitive.

I'll probably swap out one of the weekend long runs for a Half Marathon just to keep my hand in.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

What a good quest and thanks for joining us. Your running continues to impress 😃

[Jogger22 Graduate10]

Thanks SueAppleRun for hosting this month's quests. I would like to achieve the following:1) Continue to run 3 times a week

2) Continue with Garmin coach HM training plan for event in November

3) Do at least 2 cross training sessions a week - one should be strength

4) Do at least 2 parkruns - one should be completely new

5) Have at least 1 rest day

Wish me luck!

🤗

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jogger22]

Good luck and phew that sounds busy, thank you for joining us

[CBDB Graduate10]

Hello hello hello! I somehow almost missed your quest post but got here finally. Better late thannever!

Thanks for hosting! And from London! My oh my, I don't have anything as exciting as your running as part of an ABBA visit! My hubby (and ABBA fan) will be so jealous!

My quests:

- keep running 2-3x/week and progressing on my NRC 5k plan

- keep rowing 3-4x/ week and progressing on my 30x30 min plan with a biweekly 10k thrown in

- AND NEW(ish): reconnect with a daily Yoga practice with YWA. 2 days in all good so far!

Let's see how l'Il do!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to CBDB]

Yay 😀 thank you for joining us, very good quests have fun with them. Yes Abba was amazing and to be able to run in London very special

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Hello WillowandSola, well done for being Quester. If you want anything doing, ask a busy person!

My quest is a continuation of July’s:

* Continue to increase distance each week

* Run 3 times a week (except during holiday week)

* Run at least 1 tourist parkrun

* Get back to weekly Pilates classes after holiday week

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

You are going to have a busy month Dexy5 😀lovely to see you here

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

Please sign me up Sola!I was wondering how on earth I could be kind and realistic with myself but still provide a helpful wee push... and then I found a rather suitable medal challenge and the ball was rolling.

So...

1) Virtual Runner 'RunWild' August challenge which is to do something every day. I am hoping to find a way to count yoga minutes in that.

2) Virtual Runner Sunflower Challenge to prompt me to a bit of continuous distance

3) Losing weight - I know we don't often have these as goals here and for good reasons, but the scales were not pretty when I got home from what felt like a pretty active holiday in Scotland and not really a whole lot of eating and drinking (I am guessing that it may have been the 3 days of Premier Inn all-you-can-eat breakfasts...) Anyway, the weight goal is to shed what has gone on... which may be effortless or not...