Hello everybody. I haven't posted a progress update since completing C25k nearly two weeks ago. I have still been running every other day and loving every moment of it.
In a nutshell, I managed to run 10k in a little over 58 minutes last Monday in the (unforecast) torrential rain. I think the weather conditions were in my favour as it kept me nice and cool and distracted me from how hard I was working.
I did the Bedford Parkrun yesterday whilst visiting my dad and managed to knock over a minute off my first effort to get round in 26:21.
I am truly staggered to be doing such things! I always viewed running as something you did to avoid missing a bus or perhaps to evade pursuers. I'm so happy to have been given a new lease of life, this running bug is so rewarding to get bitten by!
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🍏You certainly are enjoying your running! Well done on your PB at parkrun plus hitting the 10k mark. Fantastic achievements. Yes many of us cannot believe how special running is to us as we had never run before C25K! It’s a gift that keeps on giving!
Thanks so much Annie, I'm off to look at the Quest next. Yes, running definitely is the gift that keeps on giving. Even when you feel shattered after starting too fast it gives a wonderful lesson in humility! 😀
Wow! Putting me to shame. I haven't ran at all since graduating - I got back from a week in Gran Canaria yesterday, and I feel I should probably now get back into it and try to regain some of the strength I've lost over the last few weeks of inactivity. You are an inspiration!
Thanks che130 , I must confess I would definitely have swapped running in the wind and rain for a week in Gran Canaria! You definitely earned it after finishing C25K now you probably earned the right to go running again after having a great holiday. 😉
Thanks nowster , I was bike racing for many years up until 2017 and seem to have retained a reasonable level of cardio vascular fitness. It helped that I chose the flattest possible parkrun route too. 😉
My parkrun PB is not that much faster than that, also at a very flat course (Coldham's Common, Cambridge, 26 Aug). 25:55, with no shoes.
And then this weekend I struggled to do Pwllheli parkrun (on sand) in 32:30 (+ 1 minute taking photos).
Yesterday's "low effort" 10km run was 60:38, which is gradually going down compared with previous weeks. I've a long way to go to match my PB for that (52:38 in June 2022).
Running on sand must be such hard work! Terrain seems to be very important. My last run was an hour long on rolling terrain and I only managed 8.6km. I found the hills exhausting, hopefully I'll build more proper running fitness in time and not get quite so destroyed every time the road goes upwards.
Your 10k pb is really impressive, you must have been very pleased with that run.
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Hello!🙂 First post in a while but still running…!🏃♀️
First run on holiday
post vac booster runs 
😃 first 5k since January!! And a fall 🙄
First 10k....in the bag!
