Bad planning and a beautiful day

[hilbean]

Seems like yesterday was a lovely day for lots of people's running. We dared to cross the bridge and headed on to the mainland. A lovely drive through the mountains and then out to the site for the Race for Life. Thought I'd give it a go and had checked out the map. Without knowing the start and turnaround points I just did a quick work out of what I thought would give me the right distance before we left. Lovely flat run right on the sea shore with views across the straits to Anglesey and the sun shining on a lovely calm day.

Everything was going well and I got into a nice steady pace. Got to the bend in the road and turned around to head back. Checked my stopwatch and thought I must be having a slow run but no matter it was a beautiful day and I was enjoying it. Checked the stopwatch again and 40 minutes had gone and no sign of my start point! What's a girl to do? Either way I still had to get back there and still have a 5 min warm down walk at the end. Still felt good so kept on going. Another 5 mins and still not there Finally made it at just under 49 mins. That was way over my 10% time wise and I had a sneaky suspicion that it was going to be more than 10% on my previous 5.5k. Warmed down and stretched and boy my calf muscles were feeling tight!

Got home and checked the map. Some miscalculation done there! I had run 7.35k. On the plus side it has certainly given me a bit more motivation for 10k training and I really enjoyed it. But my calf muscles were really tight for the rest of the day so I will check my maps more carefully before venturing out again and stick to the 10% increases!

[Hidden]

great run Hil i only did a planned 7k this week my legs are still grumbling today ! have to be careful and not over do it

[hilbean Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Only?! Back to 6k for me I think Not sure I would be able to walk if I were to do another one straight off!

[Hidden in reply to hilbean]

am not doing another till next week might even do a 3rd week will see how the legs feel next week, back to parkrun tomorrow

[hilbean Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Deffo a shorter run for me next and looking at 6k for the longer run

[Hidden in reply to hilbean]

if the aches and pains are muscles growing i will need wider legged trousers lol

[GettingFitter Graduate]

Well done Hilbean sounds like a great run and the tightness is just your calfs building more muscles

[hilbean Graduate in reply to GettingFitter]

Really? Wow, I never thought of it like that. Just thought they were tired and overworked lol

[useitorloseit Graduate in reply to hilbean]

In that case I will soon look like ironman!

[hilbean Graduate in reply to useitorloseit]

Haha Perhaps you should put yourself in the Wonder Woman category instead

[Tomas Graduate]

Sounds like a wonderful run. And you enjoyed it. Well done for the distance, and tell you what... The calfs will be fine in a day or two, but the smile will last for weeks!

[hilbean Graduate in reply to Tomas]

Thanks. Calves are much better today. Hopefully ready for action again tomorrow

[poppypug Graduate in reply to hilbean]

Well done Hilly ! Best laid plans and all that ha ha Glad your calfs are feeling better , up and at 'em again tomorrow ! xxx

[Irishprincess Graduate]

That sounds beautiful hilbean. It's hard to stop when you're feeling fine and everything looks rosy. Treat your calves to a good foam rollering session and they'll be right as rain!

[hilbean Graduate in reply to Irishprincess]

Certainly is! And I felt like I could have gone further too. My calves were fine while I was on the move so didn't realise how tight they were getting until I stopped!

[runswithdogs Graduate]

Well that sounds like a very good run. And great for the motivation - 10k probably seems very do-able now. Enjoy a well deserved rest for those calves.

[hilbean Graduate in reply to runswithdogs]

Thanks. Well rested and did my planned 6k this morning and all's good

[JohnBlake Graduate]

Well done, Hilly! It sounds as if you enjoyed it, which is the main thing!

[Hidden]

Wow, great time! Sounds like a beautiful route too xx