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An update! Parkrun PB and charity challenge progress.

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Well it's been a bit of a strange week. Last Sunday I was up very early, 6am, to play the devoted husband and took my wife to work, so I clad myself in lycra and after dropping Siobhan off went to the park to run the parkrun course as I didn't get there on the Saturday. Had a really poor run and only managed 3k, although the speed wasn't too bad. Waas a bit dissapointed so was looking forward to getting out again to put things right. Didn't manage to get out until Thursday morning though and managed 5k again but I deliberately took it slowly, Friday morning was terrible weather so went to the gym and hit the treadmill for 3k, was concentrating on speed though and doing sub 6 minute kilometers which worked ok, was pleased when I got to 3k though. lol

So today was a beautiful but chilly morning so I went to the parkrun not really expecting too much and after getting bogged down at the start as it was so busy I thought it may be a struggle to get anywhere near my PB, was feeling good when I got going aand the crowd thinned out so stretched my legs a bit and only went and finished in 30m 30s, a whopping 59 secs quicker than my previous best, to say I was somewhat gobsmacked was a bit of an understatement.

My 1 million step challenge is going well, just about at the half way point for days and over 560000 steps completed so well on target!

All in all I'm feeling pretty good, I had also lost another 5lb at my slimming world weigh-in on Monday too, total loss now 6st 6lb, only 8lb to target now.

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poppypug profile image
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Brilliant ! Well done Andy !

Congratulations on a new PB , your 1 million step challenge AND your weight loss !

A triple Brucie Bonus, fantastic effort ! :-) xxx

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Sandraj39Graduate

Fab time Andy! Well done - funny how those PB's sometimes come when we're not expecting them isn't it?😀👍

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Madge50Graduate

Well done, not so big Andy, you're pretty quick to!

Mx

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Well done... wondered where you were!

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heavyhorseGraduate

well done on all counts!

Wow, very impressive! And now the crazy running lady knows where to stalk you *sniggers*...

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Big-AndyGraduate in reply to

That was my cunning plan, I know I can go sub 30 minutes If I'm being stalked! Could you cope with the civilisation over here in Yorkshire though? ;)

x

in reply to Big-Andy

Ha! My mother and generations of her family were born in Thirsk, so I know your definition of "civilization" is actually just having electricity 😉

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Big-AndyGraduate in reply to

and light bulbs!!! 

poppypug profile image
poppypugGraduate

And Yorkshire Puddings - the food of champions ! :-) xxx

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Big-AndyGraduate in reply to poppypug

Absolutely!! Xx

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BluebirdrunnerGraduate

Congratulations Andy.. you are inspirational.. You must feel amazing, so much fitter and lighter..😄x

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Big-AndyGraduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner

Must admit it feels great. Xx

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davelinksGraduate

Great weight loss, excellent!

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