Finish Line

[Gthants]

This morning I did a 5k run from the NRC 10k plan. It was the Coach B narrated "Finish Lines" and I must confess it really didn't do it for me. The idea was he'd set you up with a sentence to contemplate every few hundred metres and you'd come up with the key word to finish the sentence as you ran ...

Nah, really wasn't feeling this. I would have turned him off, but I didn't know if that was possible mid-run, without stopping the run altogether. Instead I set off a music playlist under it and put up with him interrupting me.

I ran towards a footbridge over a main road, knowing exactly what I'd see on the other side; the flooded path could indeed have been my finish line as - though I'd been really looking forward to running today - I'd had enough by 2k! However, I ran on and did the full distance, running round the local streets.

Today's lesson? I'm sticking with the notion that I couldn't wait to get started and was REALLY looking forward to running 5k. All in all it was not one to treasure, but I did at least reach the finish line ...

[Sax64 Graduate10]

Another one notched up ✔️. Celebrate the success and congratulate yourself. Well done for keeping at it.

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to Sax64]

Thx! That in itself felt like a win.

[Gwenllian1 Graduate10 in reply to Gthants]

Sometimes just keeping on keeping on is its own sort of win!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Very well done for sticking with it and for keeping coach B along for the ride.

[Yesletsgo Graduate10]

(Dunno if I'll be chucked out of the Coach B fan club for saying this but I find the Start Lines/Finish Lines runs a bit of hard work too) 🤫

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

😬

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Never!! You can stay in the club as long as you want! I’ve got to be in the mood for those ones.

[Wavy-chick28 Graduate10]

Sometimes you just don’t get the coach ! So music or a podcast it is but running 👌🏼

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to Wavy-chick28]

Yeah, I've liked a lot of the Coach B stuff and I want the track to follow to 10k, but these runs have been a bit hit and miss so far ... well, 2 have been "nah" and 4 "yay".

[Wavy-chick28 Graduate10]

I followed a 10k plan I got off of here from Jules it must be somewhere then you can just play your own tracks and follow the plan independently .

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to Wavy-chick28]

Yes I have it that printed off, but I need an actual plan on my phone, otherwise it will not happen. Same as I needed Laura on C25K, otherwise I would never in a million years have got beyond the first minute or two of running. My overall experience with NRC has been excellent, but until I started this specific programme I ran sometimes with that app, sometimes with music, sometimes an audiobook, sometimes silence. For now I need the guidance and encouragement to get as far as I can towards 10k.

[VS1975 Graduate10]

well done for keeping going & crossing that line. I think I’d have stopped at that sight! I’ve just done the last day of week 3 the 6k. I reminded myself to start out slower & kept reminding myself too. I think I’ve learnt to zone out CB & just listen to him when I want to hear him 🤣

I felt good. I’m used to 5k so I’m glad week 4 is lengthier runs/time. Eek for the last run of the week tho!

[Gthants 60minGraduate in reply to VS1975]

Well done you! I'm not looking ahead - just running what's in front of me; if I look fat what is coming I will probably run .... the other way! 🤣

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Sometimes those hard-fought ones are the ones we look back on with the most pride. Well done for toughing it out. I skipped the finish lines run today for a different one instead. You’ve got to be up for a lot of chatter with them. Sometimes that’s helpful and sometimes it’s just really annoying!

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Well done you... and for staying dry!