Wk 6 done... and a few thoughts while running..

[Anaverageman]

Well, week 6 tucked up and put to bed now...

After the disaster that was wk 5 r 3 ( 20 minutes of hating it, no sense of enjoyment afterwards) followed by retreat to the relative safety of the lowlands of wk 6 r 1 and wk 6 r2, i cant pretend i wasnt apprehensive about running 25 minutes in wk 6 r 3... but managed it... but thought while still fresh in my mind record my thoughts during the run..

Spent afternoon researching a proper circuit , up until now often run until half way then turned round and run back.. but how long would i run? So worked out rough sketch, drove parked and set off..

5 minutes walk then off we go.. start .. breath... in out.. in out.. its hard to breath..ok make it to 5 minutes can do that .. god this breathing lark is hard...laura says its 5 minutes..ok another 5 minutes i can make it to 10... phew.. wait a sec , where did that come from i can breathe??? sun's out.. feels quite hot.. at least i have a bottle of water mm i can breathe.. ok the musics still cr*p but i can make 10 minutes. ok must remember to turn left to make the circuit, left then left then left again.. dont wanna get lost.. come on laura.. when will it be 10 minutes.. never can manage to easily swig bottle of water when i run.. why did i bring a full bottle of water? have i still not reached 10 minutes yet? jeez its hot... come on laura... more duff music? ... ok another left turn coming up. whats that? 12 1/2 minutes? what happened to the ten?? well at least thats me half way.. legs feeling ok.. keep finding i am speeding up.. slow down again... well it passes the time.. one foot another foot.. oh no, i've just been OVERTAKEN... first time ive been overtaken by another runner.. and a. he's ancient (damn even older than me! ) and b. to add insult to injury, with a leg all strapped up.. well im on the home stretch .. turn left... ok hes pulling away from me.. but not so fast as to be embarassing, hot.. need a drink.. undo bottle cap... swig... drop bottle cap stop one sec pick it up.. what happened there? now i cant breathe again? ok get back into it... *mental note sports cap next time* come on must be 5 to go now.. last left turn... keep going... now im worried ill have to run past the car, seriously underestimated the distance ill be going.. come on... must be 5 to go... one foot then another.. keep having to slow myself down consciously.. finally laura says 5 minutes to go..ok i can make 5 minutes.. car in sight now.. ill have to run on past it... and walk back...there it goes... and start back off on the route again.. must be one minute to go soon.. come on.. getting further away from car... at last one minute... whats she saying Speed up? well i seem to have stuff left so ill give it a go.. so i speed up to medium slow...wow this is hard.. keep it going for a bit but cant do it that well...ok slow back down..just finish... this last minute is taking forever...finally its over.. made it.. slow down...

oh well a walk back to the car... no fancy watch but worked out the distance when back home...feck me.. 4 km? running/ you have got to be joking.. i managed to run 2 1/2 miles? well i would have never thought that possible...

ok so week 6 finished... week 7 calls..no more ' rest ' runs.. ( what a shame) , next three the same... ok so its about increasing stamina now... oh well..

Its strange, i haven't had the sense of ' joy' everyone else seems to have had round about now.. or indeed the sense of ' satisfaction' i felt after the runs in earlier process... its just about getting there, ticking one off.. next one to do... not overdoing it.. hopefully remaining injury free...

good luck to all going through it.. at least i didn't swallow a fly..

ok JUST for tags it might give me..

sexual , Spondylosis, spirometer, supercalifragelisticexpiallidocius, Touch the stitch , frostbite, erectile disfunction , is there a limit on tags?

[misswobble Graduate]

No I don't believe there is! Ha ha

Well done Avman. You did it! Another one done. Good news 'bout the fly!

Here's to the next one

I know it's a bit hot now but you can run earlier or later in the day when it's cooler.

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to misswobble]

dont like early mornings.. left it till half 7 in any event

[jwiz Graduate]

First time I have written on here but been reading each week. Well done on completing your week 6. I have just done wk6 r1. found it hard but nowhere near as hard has the 20 min run. I'm glad I read your post and I'm not the only one that didn't enjoy that 20 min run and didn't have a sense of enjoyment or yay that everybody else seemed to have. I just felt like I had hung on to completing the 20 mins and managed to not collapse and immediately my thoughts went to, "how on earth am I going to do 25 mins next ". Good luck with week 7

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to jwiz]

well I found ( for your information) wk 6 r 3 (25 minutes) EASIER than wk 5 r3 ( 20) .. so good luck to you too... it IS true.. you are ' ready for it'! just saying..

ps and welcome to the forum jwiz.. if I have coaxed you out of the shadows.. then its been worthwhile..

[jaynekate]

Aam, you're really not alone, I've read a few posts where people have talked about not finding the joy and, although I don't often reply to posts, I alway reply to these because I never found the joy! Every step for me was tortuous, just something I had to get through, because, not to put too fine a point to it, running is flippin hard, and as each run ups the ante it doesn't get easier.

So, the joy comes from finishing, knowing what a feat it is, seeing your red face in the mirror, feeling the sweat, gasping for breath, the sense of achievement, getting fitter, knowing how far you've come. You might find the joy one day but don't fret about it if you don't, coz you ain't gonna stop are you? Are you?!! 😉

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to jaynekate]

JayneKate.. good for you for replying.. we ' grumpy curmudgeons', need to make our voice heard as well!! ( OK so maybe i am HARD in lumping you together with ME on that front .. but just wante dot say to others , its all right if it is NOT always sunlight and roses and rainbows...

[aliboo70]

loving your tags! have you clicked on the to see where they lead you??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hours of fun!

well done. love the running commentary, very true!

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to aliboo70]

have done a TAG chase yet.. may have a lot MORE fun with TAGS as we go.. see if I can get them to spell a sentence!

[Realfoodieclub Graduate]

The tags are telling there own story. I have done in many a run trying to keep up with other runners when they have gone past me, it never ends well for me I always get too tired. Your doing really well. The love is different for different people at different times. At first my love was waiting for the run and after the run for a long time then it changed to while I was out. I still don't know exactly when that happened.

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to Realfoodieclub]

Useful to know.. thanks..

[ActonHighStreet]

I think Anaverageman and Jaynekate make an interesting point - do those of us who bang on about how much we love to run intimidate those who, perfectly normally, don't enter into paroxysms of religious ecstasy every time they lace up their New Balances?

Do people feel pressure not just to run but to enjoy it as well? I'm not sure...

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to ActonHighStreet]

well that WAS why i posted AHS.. to let others know they were not alone.. but the journey IS worth it nonetheless

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well my man, you are getting there in more ways than one. I sincerely hope that the joy hits you full in the face one day, because your long term chances of maintaining the habit are bound to be affected by any degree of pleasure, or displeasure, garnered from all that effort.

Tags on this site are still a mystery to me......but I am sure you cheated there.

Keep running, keep smiling.....maybe?

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

always smiling.. Monsieur Le Truffe ( apart from the occasionaly grimace during ' running' ) Cheat ? moi?

May have some MORE 'fun with Tags' ( little nod of the head there to any Big Bang Theory fans) in the course of reports on ' running'

[Vicxzy Graduate]

Well done! I'm a happy bunny but never while I'm running I hate it!

I love the feeling of achievement afterwards though 😁

[Anaverageman Graduate in reply to Vicxzy]

well done to you then!! I was just saying i find that VARIES... has surprised me sometimes when i least expected it to be such a sense of achievement.. then others less so.. but whatever, whether there is JOY or no.. the RUN is worth it! ( my point about the breathing ! AND you DO notice you recover SO much faster these days than in the beginning )

[rmnsuk Graduate]

best set of tags I've seen yet! and you sound much happier. 3 weeks to go and you will graduate.

[Anaverageman Graduate]

Awwww shucks... Don't worry I can and will get a better set of tags before I'm finished

Happy? Moi?.how very dare you !

[ju-ju- Graduate]

Cool tags....where do they get them from? What is the connection between erectile disfunction and running???

[Anaverageman Graduate]

Well the tags seem to pick out (largely random) words from peoples postings, so I just through in some even more random words in my postings from now on. ED ? Well there is no connection I know of ( except running should promote , healthy cardiovascular circulation which should ( theoretically at least) help dealing with ED.. Good blood flow and all that....