Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

[SueAppleRun]

Day to ourselves, how lovely. We had a better nights sleep, I’m copying my daughter and fasting between 8pm and 10am so glass of water while Willow guzzled his coffee. to the beach we went.

Willow set off first for his kilometre run, he was away longer than expected and I was just wondering if he was ok when he returned grinning, he’d run a kilometre then walked back

Off I go, Paul Simon again in my ears but I’d decided to just run 5k and give NRC a miss today. I’m going faster than usual, not puffing much but Garmin says my heart rate is quite high, I’m still not convinced of the accuracy so on I go.

Then that annoying thing happens where a woman’s voice bellows in my right ear “Battery low” she does that a few times and eventually when I’m really getting fed up with her the music in my right ear goes off, I poke the ear bud in the pocket of my shorts and run on. Realise I’m missing the guided run, the encouragement, the chatter. I made the decision to do more unguided runs to get used to running on my own prompts.

Im slowing down a bit now, there followed some rumination about why aren’t I as fast as I was last year? and I felt a bit miserable, especially as I took a little walking break. There were just too many people and bikes to keep running smoothly but as I kept going, run walk, run walk, run. I cheered up and started to enjoy myself.

On the return run I jeffed a bit, looking at the sun glinting on the sea, the little sailing boats racing across the water now, the gulls swooping

5k done and in 49 minutes, my fastest for months if not this year, 5k used to be my hapoy distance so I might do a few more before I continue with the HM plan.

Stop the watch, get my phone out my pocket, uh oh the ear bud is no longer there….. ooo goody, I can buy some more 😂

I’ve learned today I can run in a bikini top if i pull it tight so strip and into the sea, none of that changing under a towel, sea is delicious, stretch out on the blanket, and home later to break my fast with cup of tea and raspberries and because it’s Sunday I had them with cream.

Happy Sunday all

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Sounds so good!What a lovely run and a swim as well , can't be bad .... Oh and new earbuds on the cards 😁

I have just had some fresh raspberries myself but with salted caramel ice cream 😬😋

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Instructor57]

Ice cream is delicious, I’ve been eating raspberries at work with nothing on every day but decided the sunday treat was going to be cream, it was a lovely run 🏃🏻‍♀️

[59er Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

This made me smile Willowand Sola! Read it again 🤣

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to 59er]

Ooo goodness, obviously meaning just a punnet of raspberries, no cream or ice cream, my new boss likes me but i guess there are limits 😂

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Sounds perfect Sola...hope the rest of your Sunday followed suit. Raspberries and cream 😋

A swim!

A run 🌟

xxx

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

It’s been brilliant, I’ve been for a nice dog walk along the river this evening

[59er Graduate10]

It sounds divine - running and then swimming and laying on the beach. You lucky, lucky thing! 🙂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to 59er]

I really am lucky that i have some leave and the weather is perfect

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10]

Great run especially with a swim after!I 'discovered' that my running bra doubles as a bikini top lol. Only downside was the very damp walk home 😬

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

Ah yes, I was considering my bra as bikini top and that might have to be as the bikini tops are somewhat old and little, ooo funny experience, before I met Willow I dated, I went to beach in October with a guy to walk his dogs, couldn’t resist a dip, whipped off my jeans thinking it’s ok, black undies and black tee shirt will look like swimsuit, he laughed and laughed, he’d never met anyone who went in the north sea in october and it was so cold, he took photos of me splashing in the sea and it was only when i looked at them i realised i had pale grey knickers on not black, didn’t look like a swimsuit at all

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Oops, at least they weren't flesh colour 😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

That’s true, that would have been terrible

[Newbie59 in reply to SueAppleRun]

😂 hope you wiped his camera!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Newbie59]

Oh course

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Just great!!! A run, a swim, sunshine and raspberries! What a recipe for a lovely stat to the day!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you and yes it was lovely, a perfect day….. I just wish my inner snail would stop wanting to speed up

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Little blighter... they are trickier than we think these snails!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Yes they really are 😀xx

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10]

Sounds perfect, well sort from losing the earbud, but then if it means new ones, well that can't be bad! Gorgeous photo I do love the sea, just so majestic.

Not sure about the fasting though, I do like my food, I can use the excuse that when I was on the pre diabetes course, they told me the max time in-between food was 4.5 hours. So although I finished that program 18 months and blood sugar levels normal, I'm sticking to it!! 🤣🤣

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

Sounds the perfect time to have between food, I messed up yesterday, was planning to fit an ice cream in before 8pm. was messaging daughter and we decided to go for a dog walk by river, hmm got back at 9.30 and realised too late for ice cream, I’ll have one today 😂 Well done for getting your blood sugar levels back to normal

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Look at that sea! What a gorgeous place to end your run. Sounds like heaven! Congratulations on that 5k time too.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Thank you, the tide was going out so the water was cool and delicious, I’m hoping to catch it coming in this afternoon so it’ll be warmer