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Finally, the wind seems to have abated! I looked out at the river this morning, it was flat as a millpond and the plastic tarps covering the scaffolding on the house opposite were no longer flapping. What a relief.

I still haven't got my good running shoes back (I left them at my brother's house last weekend) so decided on a 3k. Much as I'd have liked to go further it's not worth risking it with worn out trainers.

The paths have almost dried out though there are still a couple of muddy patches. It was so pleasant not to be fighting a stiff breeze all the way. Somehow the winds round here hit you in the face whichever direction you go :)

When I checked my stats afterwards I saw this was my quickest 3k for a while. I realised I was going faster as my husband was close enough for us to talk for the first km or so. He pulled away after that, and I walked a few times as my heartrate was higher than I like. When I looked at the graph on the NRC it's almost like an interval run! Slowing down to speed up?

Any increase in speed is purely down to the conditions, not effort on my behalf :)

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MissUnderstanding profile image
MissUnderstandingAdministratorGraduate10

The weather this morning was glorious! Sounds like a super run for you and your husband. Sometimes everything just falls into place and the stats give you a massive grin! You’ve been running really consistently with the 10k plan-perhaps those numbers are your fitness starting to show? Whatever it was down to, congratulations!

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding

Thank you MissUnderstanding , it's good to think that something is working :)

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AnnieappleAdministrator

🍏Oh those winds!! When we don’t have them it feels so very special out there!! Sounds perfect for a 3K run with Hubby. A run is a run and you nailed it according to your stats! Well done!

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Annieapple

Thank you, it was just so nice not to feel like I was battling the elements!!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Great 3K run for you and your husband, will done, I also ran 3K this morning, at first I thought that photograph was you running with your cat😂

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MissUnderstandingAdministratorGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

🤣🤣🤣 that would be truly terrifying if the cat was that big!!

Do you think Loki would join you on a run?

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding

Strangely enough there was a Wednesday morning Loki followed me walking to the start of a short run I was going to run, he followed me running for about 40 meters before disappearing into a garden.

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MissUnderstandingAdministratorGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

Go Loki! We might need to create a special badge for him! Cat25k!

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding

That would be good, he once followed me when I was going shopping, again for about 50 metres before again disappearing into a garden.

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

My cat Mo the Mognificent isn't quite that big...

Large black cat on a bed
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LeotigrisGraduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo

he looks magnificent!

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Archerygoddess60minGraduate

Hubby and I are also members of today's 3k club. It was such a lovely morning it would have been a shame not to run. Here's to many more calm, dry days.

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Archerygoddess

Sometimes the 3k is the best distance - long enough to feel like a real run, short enough not to interfere with all the other stuff we have to do.

The calm dry days are coming...

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo

Even in really cold weather I like to run 3K just to keep the old legs in running order, if I don't get to parkrun because it's cancelled I'll run what I call a "3K maintenance run", usually in around 20/22 minutes, I bit like run 3 of week 5 of C25K.

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OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate

Super run... and you are doing so well... it is all paying off! Well done you!

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YesletsgoGraduate10 in reply to Oldfloss

Thank you! I'll probably be taking a break in the next few weeks as we'll be back on the boat, lots of walking instead :)

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