After 6 weeks of intensive scientific research (!) here are my conclusions so far:
1. Ten seconds in to W1R1 you will suddenly realise you are no longer a teenager.
2. On a circular route, for every uphill there must be a corresponding downhill - except where you live.
3. After the euphoria of completing the dreaded W5R3, week six will kill you.
4. Whatever route you choose and whatever run you are doing, when Laura says "60 seconds to go" you will always be at the base of the north face of the Eiger.
5. The little gremlins inside your MP3 player are watching your elegant (ahem!) running style carefully. They are there to make sure that the image-boosting words "You make me go red....You make me sweat" are playing in your ear just as a group of slim, unruffled 20-somethings sprint past you with not a hair out of place.
Happy running everyone...whatever your age!
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Tee hee! That's fantastic. So true. Hills will be the bane of our lives into infinity I fear.
I spent yesterday tittering for most of my run at the song lyrics trilling into my ears which were polar opposite of my experience. I was making up my own lyrics more suited to my situation, which kept me amused. The miles just flew by (yeah right!)
Rule 11 - It doesn't matter what time you return from a run one of your neighbours will come out of their gate just as you arrive home looking sweaty and dishevelled.
RULE 13 (sub section of Rule 10) - No matter how brightly coloured your fluorescent clothing, people out walking will NEVER see you coming and will do that stupid dance where they manage to step in exactly the place that you've tried to side step to avoid them.
I seem to have started something here! Keep them coming guys, these are brilliant!
Rule 15. When you say you are going to do a 5K race in 3 months time the (overweight and couch potato) person you are speaking with tells you they could do it easily - if only they had the time! Best wishes.
Rule 15 (A) -- alternatively, that same overweight couch potato will give you serious warnings about the damage you will cause to your knees plus the danger of heart attack while running.
Ahhh..yes the knees! If one more "well-meaning" person tells me my knees will be shot within the week, if not sooner, i may have to start resorting to violence!
Oh this made me laugh - it's all so true! Will keep these images of us middle-agers in my head when I'm out running tomorrow morning - so good to know it's not just me!!
Two people, walking their dogs on a path from opposite directions, will always come together for their dogs to have a fight - just before you get to them.
Rule 18 No matter how blue the sky is, a rain cloud will always appears at some point and find you (a bit like Pootle from The Flumps - which of course you have to be middle aged to remember!)
Gutted! Discovered rule 19 - just as you're getting the hang of this running malarkey your ageing body protests and picks up an injury :-(. Nursing a sore achilles. Lots of different advice online but would appreciate any advicef personal experience. Thanks x
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and just a reminder to us not to take ourselves too seriously. We are supposed to be having fun doing this. Thank you for the smiles!
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Hello! Anyone got any tips for hot weather running gear (for a middle-aged woman - so no crop tops 😉)
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