February Quest Week 4: where has the time gone??

[Yesletsgo]

Well here we are in the final week of February. It's the shortest month but even so the time has flown by.

Sorry I'm a bit late posting but I've been away. I didn't take my running gear as the forecast was poor and I probably made the right decision. It snowed as our plane landed and the white stuff was on the ground, deep and crisp and even, until we left. It was so cold it didn't turn to mush, the temperature barely rose above 1C the whole time, yet it was sunny and almost felt warm. Lovely.

On the plus side I met last week's Quest goal of doing a lot of walking, 15,000-20,000 steps a day on said snow and ice. If only I hadn't eaten so many pies I'd probably be feeling quite healthy now!

Didn't do any Nike Training workouts, no floorspace without running the risk of the friendly dog that lived where we were staying coming to help me.

Looking forward to getting back on track with the running this week, stepping off the plane in 10C felt quite warm.

By the way, the picture is deeply symbolic - a view of a kids playground through a fence and snowy trees. It symbolises the stages of a run. The fence is getting out of the door, a major obstacle. The trees are the Toxic 10, hard work but you know it's only temporary. And the playground? It's when you hit your stride and start having fun!

So how was this last week for you? Goals met or chocolates ate? Sounds like the weather wasn't that great while I was away but some of you love running in the rain. Let us know how you got on.

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!

Happy Questing everyone

Yesletsgo and the team

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

Really, really limp week here and I am not sure whether that was the way it had to be (and was being kind to myself, listening to my body) or whether a kick up the bum is needed. So much stuff taking cognitive and emotional energy... plus a certain amount of just hanging around for other people which was an obstacle for some things and the weather was unhelpful but in no way explains why some other things didn't happen. Not nothing done and there were some plusses... loads of reading, loads of different plants consumed and seized the opportunity of the rare bit of sunshine to walk my parent home from an activity at the dementia centre.

Interesting final week ahead then - wanting to have a little more to show for my February Quest may be the push needed, and as we all know, sometimes a break helps us come back stronger 🤞

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to GoogleMe]

Some weeks it just doesn't happen does it? Life gets in the way, lethargy and weather conspire. There's a whole new week just ahead of us and once your energy kicks back in you'll be feeling the benefit from a week taking it easy.

Having a walk in the sunshine with your nearest and dearest is a true pleasure. You have your priorities right ♥

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Hi Yesletsgo,

I really like the comparison of the hurdles we navigate just to get out for a run and your picture... yet we still make it! 😊

This week I completed my two runs again. The first was a 30 min consolidation run, and the second was... fanfare 📢... a 5k run 🎉. I am very happy with that, a short walk was allowed at 22 mins, but I am growing my distance ready for a 10k event in a few weeks, which will need to be run/walk.

Yoga was practiced on 5 out of 7 days, and an extra bit of strength work once.

No time to go out for walks as well as these activities, my walking 50k badge looks lost as I am only on 25k, but not worried about that.

This last week of Feb I will run another 30min run and hopefully a 5.5k 🤞

Getting fitter slowly and steadily...

💚 xxx