W2R1 done - and at 6 am!

[Ajtarbotton]

Thanks for your encouragement so far guys. Got up at 6am today to do my run - not a morning person at all! So a pretty big deal - and it was great. Nice and cool - the step up from week 1 seemed ok too. Some of the intervals I wasn't ready to stop because it was feeling good, and a couple were harder to finish (towards the end) so still need to work on pacing myself. Just time for a quick shower and then off to work

Also my husband was jokingly telling me he didn't think I would do it - so of course, I got up at 6 and ran

[Millsie-J Graduate]

Well done, a very fine run! Keep going, you are doing great👍🏼🏃🏻‍♀️😀

[Ajtarbotton in reply to Millsie-J]

Thanks - I forgot about my usual walk to the train station to get to work so walking another 3 km now

[Millsie-J Graduate in reply to Ajtarbotton]

Post run walking is great for the legs 👍🏼😀

[loisamelia Graduate]

Brilliant! Sounds like you did great I love getting out early, get up, get your stuff on and get it out of the way before the madness of the day gets in the way

[Ajtarbotton in reply to loisamelia]

Definitely I'm a health librarian so end up sitting quite a lot of the day doing research so have to make a concerted effort to get out and exercise my husband works on a farm so he gets a lot of going up and down hills (very steep coastal farm) and chasing stock so his fitness level is better than mine

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Ajtarbotton]

But you will be able to beat him soon!

[skysue16 Graduate]

Wow, that is early well done! Shows dedication, keep up the good work

[Ajtarbotton in reply to skysue16]

Thanks - let's see if I can carry this dedication through

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Ajtarbotton]

You can.. you have posted on here.. we are right behind you x

[RainbowC Graduate]

Lol, it's funny how spousal doubt can be such a great motivator sometimes!

[Ajtarbotton in reply to RainbowC]

Hehe - he alternates between encouraging me and teasing me, but that's probably our relationship in a nutshell anyway

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Ajtarbotton]

Sounds like my lovely husband.. We are lucky

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to RainbowC]

My husband's encouragement before I graduated...?

" Ah, it's only a drop of rain or snowing lightly/ blowing gently/ hailing intermittently...just get out there "

It always worked

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Go you! I love the morning run.. sets you up for the day.. and not easy at this time of the year!

Very well done.. and off to work too ! I am old, so retired.. much easier for me.. I am impressed

[Ajtarbotton in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks I am in New Zealand, so it is summer and lovely and warm over here (sometimes a bit too warm!). It is just about light at 6 in the morning; the street lamps were still on till about halfway through my run I was feeling a bit tired by the time I got home from work last night, but it was a good tired. Rest day today and back to running again tomorrow! And I'm not stiff today; was worried I might be, but guess my stretching might help keep that at bay (and young limbs).