Recovery

[Yesletsgo]

I woke up yesterday morning realising why people do a bit more distance training before attempting a 10K 😂 I'd never noticed my quadriceps before! Anyway, it was just a dull ache, not constant, an occasional reminder that I'd exerted myself a bit more than usual. I was still so happy to have done the run it really didn't matter.

I also discovered that sitting still was a bad idea, so had a busy day, cleaning out and organising my kitchen cupboards then a gentle 4km walk to the post office and back.

Today I was back to running, but gently. The NRC Stress Free run sounded about right, Coach Bennett and Andy Puddicombe doing mindfulness for 25 minutes.

As we started walking I saw a magnificent cat doing an owl impersonation on a garden wall. It gave us a disdainful look. I told my husband I'd be going slowly, and I did. About 2km in he decided he wanted to go a bit quicker so took off, leaving me to enjoy putting one foot in front of the other in the Autumn sunshine. Very slow, very easy, nice.

When I looked at the NRC app it had given me a badge for running on the International Day of the Girl! Always nice to get some (virtual) bling

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Oh my goodness this was me after mine. Really hope it’s quick for you to recover! Well done for getting out and moving. It’s such a beautiful day.

Running on the international day of the girl! What a random badge to get. I’ve just looked at my NRC app and it’s given me a badge for running on world mental health day yesterday. I guess that’s given me a mental health boost! 🏅

Stress free run is going on my list. I did the running on empty one last week and that was great. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Feeling so much better after this morning's run thanks, it's sort of shaken out the knots! The Stress Free run was really good for a morning when I didn't need any pressure at all, recommended.

Love a random badge

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Ah, that happens, good to have gently run out the knots, aches and tightness.

Many years ago my sister used to do a 10k loop over the South downs, one day I decided to walk to the top of the hill, about a mile, meet her at the top and run back down with her, I hadn’t run for about 30 years, it was great, it was exhilarating, I felt invincible, got up next morning, creaked out of bed, attempted to sit on the loo, oh, oh, oh, the only way i could lower myself was by hanging on tight to the towel rail one side and leaning on the basin the other, oh the pain…..was another ten or more years before I ran again, thank goodness we found C25K

I ran down that hill this summer, no ill affects at all 😀

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

The disconnect between what we can do and what we should do lol

It's been ages since running has given me aches but thankfully I seem to be back to normal now

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

That’s so good to hear, we haven’t run for 9 days, this cold has floored us, but I’m hopeful for tomorrow 😀

I remember my sister laughing at me creaking about, she did that run every morning