I must apologise for the late post..life is just taking over at the moment, no rest for the wicked I hear you say??!!!
I hope all your quests are going well & to plan and all those New Year’s resolutions & good intentions are still on track…?? Come and tell me, I need to know!!!!
I am now on week 3 of c25k revisited & so far, so good..I have enjoyed running in the rain & the cold…but today is the first proper frosty day & I have a run planned for later so who knows? if I have to abandon it then so be it…is this really you MummyCav??? If I had abandoned a run at one time I would’ve been so disappointed with myself & felt completely guilty but now, I think I have got my head around the fact that it’s ok to skip a run because it could end up setting me back if, god forbid, I fall…my run will still be waiting for me when it’s safe…
How are all of you doing? I ran on Saturday morning at ridiculous o’clock & the wind was hitting me sideways but it was sooooo refreshing & life affirming, there’s definitely something about running when it’s still dark & everyone is still in the land of nod!!! I had a smile on my face that I’m sure would’ve made Tim happy…I was enjoying the run for him…so let’s see what today brings…I’m just waiting for an email to say my pupils driving test has been cancelled because of the icy conditions but hopefully, by dinnertime, the sun will be shining over Yorkshire, the ice will have melted and we will have a successful result 🤞…..just like our quest results…??
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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.I ask that you are a C25K Graduate before joining the Quest. The reason for this is that pre-graduation your week is very much structured according to the C25K programme, and I wouldn't want the Quest to interfere with that.Most popular goals are:
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Thanks for the new quest post! It was good to have an extra day to tick off one of my weekly goals!! It sounds like you’re having a brilliant time with your latest c25k and I bet that early run was wonderful. It’s really icy here today-all the flood water from the heavy rain has frozen so I’m postponing my early run until later when I can see. Frost is fine. Ice not fine!
It’s been a good week here. I’ve managed to keep the regular running and so far, everything feels good. For this week’s long run I put a podcast on and decided to just have a slow, chilled out one for as long as I fancied it. I was hoping for 6/7k. I ended up doing 10k for the first time in a couple of months. Really pleased. Saturday was run with MrU. The plan was for a flat (or as flat as it gets around here!) 4k but we got caught out by the same epic puddle as last week and had to divert up and over a steep hill. With all the rain, there were still rivers cascading down. Hard work and I was in a grump for most of it but it was good to finish with a little sprint through the village. I’m counting that as my speed run although it’s a bit of a fudge!
My official quest goals are:
One long run a week, one speed session and some easy runs ✔️
10km long run, a short sprint and some easy runs.
Strength session once a week ✔️✔️
One hiit class, one aqua aerobics which turned out to be hiit in water! I was expecting gentle, floaty dancing…
Proper stretching after every run ✔️
This is definitely going better. I’m hoping to try some yoga this week if my wrists can take it.
I was late last week Mummycav and now I am super early 🤣.
Just done W3R1 on the dreadmill mid morning after a very stressful morning of car issues (problem with the electric handbrake frozen and having to get a hairdryer on the back wheels to attempt to unfreeze - which coincidentally works very well!) and getting daughter to school but we made it.
Run was ace and I am loving being back on C25K again. I am appreciating it far more than when I did it the first time round.
I *should* be doing the exercises that the physio has given me - perhaps tomorrow 🤔 I will start them 😳
And with that, the rower can also be dragged out tomorrow pre physio stretches....(yep that sounds like the plan).
Hope your pupils managed to get to their tests ok, it was proper hairy out there this morning (and that is said from someone that lives in the sunny SouthEast!) x
No run here today... no run for ages...but I am still moving for RED January... YWA every day and walks if I get a chance. Freezing fog and icy conditions put paid to a walk this morning, so Yoga it was a later 30 minute garden tidy and snip.. wrapped up and buffed and woolly hatted...
I was hoping for a run of sorts soon, but the weather has closed in and it is snowing lightly... so... also feeling a tad tired as I think too much done over the last two days has impacted a tad.
I am finding this, one day feel fine and one day not, as a result of how Covid affected me. very bothersome. But I shall go with it and slow and steady, I'll get there !
Thankyou Oldfloss …I thought the snowman was cute?!
Slow and steady is your motto & listening to your body so you are definitely doing the right thing…we need you back to full strength xxx sending hugs xxx
I'm attempting Run Every Day January again, and have kept it going so far. Now on day 17, with runs as short as 12 minutes (in the pitch dark in a North Welsh back lane with a gale blowing) and one as long as 15km. This is a big increase in activity compared with the previous three months, where weather and a couple of illnesses conspired to keep me indoors and less active.
(The usual warning: don't even think about running on consecutive days unless you've been running regularly for at least six months, preferably longer.)
Glad to hear your C25K revisited is going well and I like your new relaxed approach to running. I’m all for no pressure. We have enough of that from all other areas of our life. Running is supposed to be for fun!
My Quest didn’t happen last week after all. After a particularly stressful and tiring week at work, I woke up on Friday feeling like death warmed up. I really didn’t want to run and that’s not like me at all. It was a sunny day too! My plan was to run 9k on my way back to 10k at the end of the month. I eventually made myself do 3k on the treadmill and that felt hard 🥵 I woke up on Saturday with a sore throat and blocked sinuses, which I guess explains my lethargy the day before. So no running over the weekend either. It was just a head cold and cleared for work on Monday (typical 😏) so I jumped on the treadmill on Monday night and this time I felt ok. So my plan for 9k is back on again for this Friday.
That was a long post to say I didn’t do anything 😂😂
oh my goodness Frizzbomb67 …it shows so much when we’re coming down with something way before the obvious signs…we’ll done on jumping on the treadmill and getting so far, you must be feeling better?!
Update: I got out there and did the 9k this morning. The temperature was above freezing, just, and the pavements weren’t too bad so today was the day 🏃♀️Back on track for 10k by the end of the month 😁
Staying safe when the pavements are icy is so sensible, good call to wait.
I ran this afternoon, along the canal towpath for my W2 R2, muddy but no ice thankfully. So just the R3 to do, maybe Thursday. 🤞
I'm up to date with YWA too, this month is really nice.
Mr BBR has been coming out with me and walking while I run, then we meet up and continue the walk, so I'm clocking up a good amount of walking for my Strava badge too.
Not managing to drink as much plain water as I had hoped, its a bit chilly for cold drinks, opting for peppermint tea instead.
I wonder was your pupils driving test cancelled today? So much water freezing on the roads...
Will look out for your next run, stay safe out there 🏃♀️xxx
wow, you’re doing well Bluebirdrunner …better than me…it’s so icy here at the moment…and I don’t want to risk injury…I’ve waited before so I’ll wait it out again…
You are def getting those walks and steps in, all good for the soul 🥰
Yes, my pupils test was cancelled so fingers crossed for him when it comes around next time.
And I like the sound of peppermint tea, never tried flavoured tea, maybe I should? X
Love my fruity teas! Great for cold days when drunk hot…and ok to let get cold too…a godsend when I was working! I’ve got 5 different flavours on the go…blood orange & cranberry, raspberry & lemon, blackcurrant & blueberry, peppermint/fennel/spearmint (after dinner), and fennel (bedtime!). Certainly helps to keep my fluid levels up! 😊
This weather is something else, isn't it? Just when you think it's OK it starts all over again.
Well, I ran on Friday as the sun was shining and I know I need to grab the moment. Just as well. On Saturday I started feeling cold and tired. I had to drive to London from Brighton as we were having a meal for my son's birthday, so I pulled myself together and went. Once I got to his house I took paracetamol, insisted on a cab to the restaurant rather than a 20 minute walk to the station and then the tube and had a little snooze on the way, good move. Normally that walk is nothing but Saturday? Beyond me.
On Sunday, thankfully having driven back home, I felt dreadful. I didn't get up till lunchtime and binge watched The Traitors US which is most definitely not like me!!! I rarely watch reality TV and never watch TV during the daytime.
My small town seems to be all out of Covid tests so I don't know if that's what's wrong. I'm now coughing but otherwise OK but won't be running again for a few days. It's really cold and the ground is waterlogged. Hoping that by the time I feel better it'll have dried out a bit, or at least frozen solid.
So as far as the Quest goes:
- run 2-3 times a week: I've done 4 runs this month and we're just over half way through. If I feel better next week I might be able to do 2 a week on average
- run 30 kms: I've done 18.13km so, again, as long as I feel better this is only two 5ks and a short run so I've not given up.
ohhhh no Yesletsgo …I’m sorry you’re feeling under the weather…whatever it is that’s got you…stay warm and wait until you’re 100% before you continue your quest…you can always reset in feb? Your goals are still in reach if you feel up to them though…sending a big warm Yorkshire hug x
Thanks Mummycav , hug appreciated. I've tested and as I suspected it isn't Covid but I've got a horrible cough. I'm taking it easy until that clears up as don't want it any longer than absolutely necessary.We've been having beautiful clear frosty mornings and it is so tempting...or it would be if I didn't know that the slightest exertion will set me off again 😁
Thank goodness it’s not the dreaded ‘C’…..but yes, as tempting as the lovely mornings are, the cold could get on your chest & you’ll be gazing out of the window much longer x
Hi Mummycav and fellow questersI love your description of your run with the wind hitting you sideways. I do love early morning runs and wild weather makes me laugh out loud. It's another lovely day and I'm trying to decide if I have the energy for a run after a bad nights sleep.
Anyway to my quest..
Again I've had a good week and what's even better I'm almost beginning to believe that my quests are helping get my running back on track. My December runs all felt hard and laboured but my last few have felt much better 🤞😊
* Last week I kept up to date with all my YWA plus my usual live class ✅
* I did two Pilates on line session ✅
* But only 1 lot of physio exercises ❌
I'm giving myself a pass on the physio fail as one of the Pilates sessions used nearly all my physio prescribed exercises . . . .
Mostly pleased with my Quest - I am really liking my mission to use footcream most days, it's like a mini massage and a thank you to my feet. Hand cream is a bit harder to remember (oddly) but I am doing. And I've got my run in the bag for this week already, knowing it was going to be a heck of a week. The woods were lovely and I was thrilled to make it to 30 minutes - the proper C25K! However, the elation wore off a bit when the illness kicked in. I've balanced it out today by cancelling something that was going to take too much out of me.
The yoga is feeling a bit of a challenge - the second week of the month, really slipped - not nothing but not enough. But even my old usual practice is leaving me feeling pretty rubbish later. Thought needed!
brilliant GoogleMe …listening to your body, my fav…don’t push when you know the result won’t be good…nothing worse than using up all the reserves.
The second week of the new year can often find us flailing and waning as the excitement of Christmas and New Years resolutions wear off but that’s what we’re here for, we’re all in the same boat with you some need to paddle harder that’s all xx
Hello Mummycav and fellow questers. Hope you're well. Well done on getting out there and doing your runs in all weathers but agree best to miss one than to set yourself back. My quests have been going as follows
1) ALMOST - do my physio exercises at least 5 times a week. Did them 4 times last week but my physio is happy with that.
2) YES - jog at least twice a week, increasing time of each run gradually. In W2 I did a 10 minute jog and two 20 minute jogs. Although I shouldn't have done lunges as a warm up before the last jog as it aggravated my tendon and I'm still feeling a bit sore because of it.
3) NO - do at least 2 hurt foot friendly yoga sessions. Haven't done any. Just been too tired to fit them in. If this happens again I will try gentle stretching instead so at least I'm doing something beneficial
4) SORT OF - do at least 1 cardio with weights sitting in a chair. Even though I didn't do the cardio with weights session I did volunteer in a warehouse for 3 1/2 hours lifting and moving crates so got my strength training in!
5) NOT YET - maybe start swimming again - haven't felt the inclination and have just been too busy to head to the pool.
I'm not too displeased with how my quests have gone in W2 - I just wish I hadn't aggravated my tendon doing those warm up lunges. I've been nursing a sprained ankle for 10 1/2 weeks now and am feeling a tad fed up that it isn't better yet but I know these things can take time. I'll just have to be patient a while longer.
Hope you're W3 is going well and I look forward to hearing all about it next week!
Hi Jogger22, Kim Saha does a few hurt foot sessions on YouTube that mix yoga with some pilates moves. I did them when I hurt my achillies a few years back. They are good. xx
hi Jogger22 …I’m with you on the swimming…still haven’t taken the plunge, pardon the pun! But I will, in time….
You’re doing better than me, I haven’t run since Sat & I’ve got the guilty feeling…I’ve had a little walk or two inbetween lessons but when I’m running, it’s either early morning or evening but before I eat which doesn’t always work out…and now we’re on Thursday so I have some making up to do!?! 😩
Then I’m going to a wedding in Manchester over the weekend, back Tuesday so it’s not looking like I’m going to have a weekend of running…hey ho, it will happen when it happens…I’m going to have to read about everyone else’s runs to feel like I’ve been out! 🙄 x
Well done on getting some walks done Mummycav It's not always easy getting the runs in. I had a run scheduled for today but decided on a walk instead at lunchtime after taking a quick look at the terrain mid morning as I thought it was just too icy for running - I don't want to fall over and injure myself even more. Saying that I saw 3 people running during my walk - I hope they were ok. I was alerted to the potential icy conditions by the organisers of my local parkrun who cancelled this Saturday's event yesterday due to icy paths. I thought they made the decision quite early - being a Wednesday evening but I guess that way they give the runners ample time to make plans to go to an alternative parkrun instead.
Hope you have fun at the wedding. The runs will be waiting for you! 🤗
ps did your pupil do their test in the end or was it cancelled due to icy conditions? I know there has been a backlog of driving tests. Hope they don't have to wait too long until the next one
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