❄️❄️❄️ December Quest week 2: Are you having an ADVENTure?! ❄️❄️❄️

[MissUnderstanding]

Welcome to week 2’s Quest intrepid Questers! Full credit to  Mummycav for this week’s puntastic title!!!

How’s your week been? Are you starting to total up some ticks or are you getting ready to take off this week? With all the wind, many of might be literally taking off as we run!! Stay safe all.

The weather this time of year is always a challenge but Storm Darragh is wreaking extra havoc . My quest feels a bit off track but that’s ok. Sometimes we all need a bit of enforced recovery time! Instead of running, I’ve done some yoga and Pilates which will help with the running. Swings and roundabouts! Looking at my official goals, I ran three times instead of four. I’ve managed two strength sessions. I haven’t bought new trainers yet. I’ll see what Father Christmas brings me because I’ve been dropping strong hints and being a (sort of) very good girl. My goals will stay the same this week, except I’ll swap new trainers for booking a half marathon in spring at a suitable point on my training plan. I like having smaller events on the way to big events to help stay on track Exeter is the current leader of the possible contenders.

So here are my goals…

❄️ Four runs a week from training plan

❄️ Two strength sessions a week

❄️ Book half marathon

How has it been for you? It’s never too late to join so anyone tempted to join us, jump in below and you’ll be made very welcome.

So, come and share your highs and lows and your plans for this week! Can’t wait to hear from you!

MissU x

Here’s last week’s post…

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For any newbies, here’s an introduction to the Quest…

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.

You need to be 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:

★ To run three times a week

★ To slowly increase distance

★ To train for a specific race

★ To add strength and flex exercises to your weekly routine

This is a personal challenge, so it's completely up to you! If you want to join, all you have to do is comment below with something like: “I would like to join the quest”, or, “count me in! I would like to...”

Any questions, just ask! Come and say hi, we want to know what you're aiming for!

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[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Week 1 didn't go to plan so I'll add a small quest for week 2, my quest this week is to walk and run a bit if I can 😄 xx

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I’m feeling a bit off plan too! Your small quest sounds perfect-have fun!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Thank you, I walked round the field with the dog and ran along the path to my house so feel.successful 😁

Field

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

That sounds wonderful!!!

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

Well the only new activity I've taken up is eating pies 😂, my Quest has absolutely gone out of the window.The weather is so cold, damp and gloomy it has sapped any urge to run. Only plus is that for 6 out of the last 8 days I've done well over 10,000 steps, including one 19,000 step day.

Goal for this week: go for a run in the forest if the sun comes out😁

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

I have also eaten my (rapidly increasing!) body weight in (mince) pies!! It’s definitely the season for winter comfort food!!

Mojos are so hard to find when the weather is like this. Hopefully yours is just hiding in the forest. Crossing fingers for sun for you!

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

All a bit wobbly really... not toppled over, but wobbly. Behind, but not hopelessly so, on the walking goals, missed the occasional pelvic floor exercise day, not done my 5K (or any) run yet... The weather hasn't helped of course and neither have all the other Quests many of us attempt this month such as posting Christmas cards before the last date...

EXCEPT one of my goals for this Quest is in the bag already, much sooner than I expected: I've already had my 4 baths, assisted by my splendid Advent calendar full of bath bombs, and also by pain levels.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to GoogleMe]

Hello... it's me... MissUnderstanding is keeping company with the FLU gremlin! You have done well... 4 baths!!!! Wow... and not even Christmas yet!

The weather is set a tad fairer for the next week... maybe you will get those goals sorted

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to GoogleMe]

I’m so sorry I missed this-as Oldfloss says I’ve been laid up with flu.

I LOVE the idea of a bath bomb advent calendar!! That’s definitely going on my list. Baths are something I’ve still been managing in my dilapidated state. I might add that to my goals!!

Good luck with the questing ❤️

[GoogleMe Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Ugh, hope you feel much better very soon. I can highly recommend considering a bath related goal in anyone's questing for all kinds of reasons, but if you've got a nasty bug, stymied for other goals as a result and don't have it too hot (and someone around to help you out if need be), extra beneficial. Assuming they actually have a bath... our house had two very bad shower rooms when we moved in and we decided to lose a bedroom to install a proper bathroom so I feel morally obliged to make use of the bath!

Better go and check on bath #6 currently running...