I spent too long choosing my run today

[SueAppleRun]

After 2 nights of very little sleep, I spent some time deciding which run to do today. I finally fell asleep at about 3am to have the cat meowing at me at 6am.Then I dragged myself out with my neighbour and off we went.

Dinner last night was delicious, a vegan lasagne that my granddaughter had made for my daughter which was big enough for 4. But I can still feel this morning that I made a bit of a pig of myself.

I explained to my neighbour that I was tired and felt a little delicate and would probably walk instead of run.

Now, I thought I'd chosen the NRC run where you run hard for 12 minutes, turn and run back faster, the idea is you run back the same distance in 11 minutes......when I pressed start turns out I'd chosen 8 x 1 minute 5k pace with 2 minute recovery intervals.

I've said before I'm great at following instructions so I ran and felt terrible but after a minute I was slowly running recovery.

It's a bit of a saga with my Garmin that keeps updating GPS, the short version is Garmin are replacing it after weeks of do this do that delete those files send us the report.

So it's in its box waiting to be posted back and the one I'm using is a forerunner 625 which although is similar is just not the same.

Meanwhile my neighbour is running week 3 run 2 of C25k. I go ahead then during my first recovery she runs past me. I run faster again, overtake her and don't see her again until I'm walking back.

This Garmin doesn't show the time I've been running so a bit of mental arithmetic and I worked out if I did 4 sets and turn I'd be back at the beginning, or maybe 5.

So I'm running along, still feeling a bit delicate but enjoying myself, that's the third run I think to myself, then oh that's 5 so turn, but I must have lost count because the next run was the last one!!!

Where's my neighbour? She should be just a bit behind me, I run/walk back, hmm ah there she is, she'd finished and come looking for me so earbuds out and we walked back together chatting. She covered 4k by the time we were back at the car and I'd done about 4.5k so we were both happy.

It rained in the night, a bit of cooling drizzle this morning and now there's blue sky again.

Enjoy your day whatever you do 😊

We haven't had a selfie yet this week so here we are after our run .

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

So bad of your cat waking you up only 3 hours after you got to sleep especially after that lovely meal you had last night, well done to your neighbour on running run 2 of week 3, that's a nice photo of you and your neighbour 🏃‍♀️✅👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thank Al, he's a horrible cat, if I stroke him he bites and if he want something he pounces and meows at me. Spoilt rotten, but at least I ran a little bit .

[Shake-and-run Graduate10]

looking cool and wonderful. 😘I wish my post-run photos were like that. I’m usually the colour of your shirt!

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to Shake-and-run]

haha, me too, my face seems to have a glow for hours afterwards!!😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Aww thank you, actually I thought we looked a bit washed out, especially as we are both quite tanned due to all the time we spend outside.

[Killerblue Graduate10]

That vegan lasagna sounds lovely 😋 well done for running at all after not having any sleep 🏃‍♀️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Killerblue]

It's delicious, and there's nearly half of it in my fridge waiting to be reheated and eaten 😃

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Well done Sue. It's not easy running when you haven't got much sleep (naughty cat!) but you did it and you really went for it, that's an amazing distance to cover in those intervals!👏👏👏💪🏃‍♀️ fab pic too 🤩

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thanks, it included the walk run back that I'd misjudged the turn as well

[Beatlesforever Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Still, that's quite impressive! Especially being sleep deprived and not feeling great. Well done you 👍 hope the new Garmin doesn't give you any trouble 🤞

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beatlesforever]

I'm hoping it won't either, it's been a frustrating time knowing something was wrong with mine, I'm using Willows, but I really don't like it as much as mine.

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Sleep deprived and running. Well done and to your friend. Your cat will be in the dog house as they say ( not literally). Enjoy the rest of your vegan lasagne.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

Not sure my insides can cope with any more lentils 🤣 I'm quite sore, but it's delicious, that cat is the bane of my life, it's like living with a spoilt brat, and he's curled up by my feet now and I love him really

[Doris8 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Know what u mean🤣.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Looking really good... and well done to you,. after little sleep and a large meal ! Well done toy your neighbour too... getting out there and having a good run!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Some days it's really tough but something is better than nothing

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Absolutely. You're doing well x

[Folkylass Administrator]

Well done Sue especially after having so little sleep. Sometimes we surprise ourselves don’t we? and even with very little sleep we can still do stuff.

Lovely photo by the way 🥰🥰x

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Folkylass]

Yes we do, ideally went out thinking I couldn't run and thanks

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Seems you had a good run in spite of all tbe setbacks! Well done to you both. 👏👏👏👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools, she's doing great,

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

So are you!

[CBDB Graduate10]

The fab two! Looking great, even if not enough sleep!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to CBDB]

I caught up this afternoon, 😁

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

oh I love an afternoon luxurious snooze! 😴😋

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to CBDB]

I was so tired I had no choice but feel great now

[BGood]

Well done! Tech messing up is a real pain! I had loads of issues with my Fitbit iconic before it was recalled! Which is why I run with to watches loli

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to BGood]

Tech is great when it works, but I'm sure today was user error 😂

[Cookscat 60minGraduate]

I have 2 cats and know how that feels , 🐈🐈

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Cookscat]

I've had cats all my life but never had one like this one

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10]

You did great on such little sleep! lovely pic, you both look cool and relaxed, not what I look like at all!!😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

I don't think I put much effort in actually, they were short intervals

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

haha an interval is an interval, regardless of how long it is !!😀

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

True 😂 and I was going 45 minutes altogether, I'll do that run again one day when I feel less tired

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I did the one with Coach Cory last night, it was 5 x 5 mins at 10km pace with 2 mins recovery inbetween. It felt like the last 2 intervals were getting longer and I swear the 2 min recovery slot got shorter!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Hedgehogs123]

They feel like that sometimes, mind you my 10k pace is so slow that one would feel like forever, I like the short intervals because I can run faster and feel exhilarated, I'm floundering a bit but still hoping to get faster over time

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

I have a "pace", I couldn't do 10k without a support vehicle to drive me the last 5.5k, so I've no idea what a 10k pace would be! 🤣🤣🤣

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Gthants]

🤣🤣

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to Gthants]

🚓🤣🤣

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Hedgehogs123]

I did Fartleks with CC yesterday but I lost him early on so had a faff to get him back, by which time I was playing catch-up 😁. It made me hurry up though. He’s great isn’t he! 😀

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

He is, but I'm definitely a Coach Bennett groupie!! 🤭😁

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate10]

Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I’ve done that run and got confused about when to turn back. I also forgot to turn left on the way back and ended up looping around on myself leaving me a very long walk home 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Glad I'm not the only one who can't keep track then 😁

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Frizzbomb67]

I actually like a longish walk home. Chance to relax and stretch out achey bits 😀

[Hedgehogs123 Graduate10 in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Haha I've done that! When I was the C25K I got distracted by a munjac and just ran on following it and then realised I'd missed my turning! 🤣

[Gthants 60minGraduate]

Good job team! I had a phone/watch faff too - I was trying to reconnect my Garmin watch, but it kept trying to connect to the twiddly thing in the car outside on the drive that connects to my music. Gah! Got there in the end. Happy running!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Gthants]

Oh that sounds familiar 😁 my phone used to do that at work so no one could hear me if they rang 😂😂

[Freecloud Graduate10]

I had to return my Garmin a few weeks ago and have a spare charging cable now because the instructions said not to send it back. Not sure if you're instructions are the same but a spare cable is always handy.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Freecloud]

Yes my instructions are the same, I'm just off to send it, took me a couple of days to wrap it up 🤣. The one I'm using has training load which mine hasn't and it says I'm detraining 😳

[misswobble Graduate10]

I hope you get a replacement Garmin soon Good luck with it when you do👍🏃‍♀️🙂