W8R2 - Laura, I apologise for doubting you, but the wind drowned out your voice today ....

[SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow]

so I heard her telling me to start running, then 5 minutes gone, then 10 minutes - then nothing afterwards but faint music (anyone else hear "me and drooling" instead of "me and Julie"?). When the wind wasn't totally drowning out the music, the gremlins beside me chattered sociably together telling me how tired I looked, how slowly I was going; reminding me Laura's said nothing about half way yet, struggling.

They cut me some slack with their negative thoughts though. They said it must have been the effects of the scan I had today, and the funny dye they inject into you which makes you suddenly very hot and a bit dizzy. They said I should stop, I should have been told that running today was a bad idea. Then just as I agreed I probably should - maybe just long enough to take off my jacket and tie it around my waist, Laura pipes up "one minute left". What?? Really?? Surely not! Then I realised I had it wrong W8R1 - she didn't tell me to sprint - but she did tell me to "go for it", so I did. Not quite a sprint though, but I left the gremlins behind.

Altogether a much better run that I could possibly have hoped for, especially as this afternoon it looked like I wouldn't get out at all.

Friday. W8R3. Maybe there'll be glorious sunset again.

[KS69 Graduate]

Did you have iodine injected??

[SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow Graduate in reply to KS69]

I don't know what it was. Made me very very hot. Strange taste in my mouth and I was warned beforehand that it would make me feel like I had wet myself!! Fortunately whilst my brain told me otherwise, my dignity retained intact. Very very weird sensation.

[KS69 Graduate in reply to SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow]

Yep, I've had that! Think one was iodine. They inject two things I think from memory, buscopan was the other which relaxes the muscles - you did well to run, I couldn't even focus on the bus number afterwards trying to get home from the hospital!! Felt sick too.. so good going!!

[melly4012 Graduate]

Well done! Shame the wind didn't drown out those silly gremlins but you showed them anyway! Never going to be able to hear the song now without thinking "Me and drooling"! 😂

[Now-runner_NeedsAttn Graduate]

Well done for getting out there and running when you had a list of good excuses for having a day on the couch. I hope Friday goes well and then... well, it's almost the end

[SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow Graduate in reply to Now-runner_NeedsAttn]

Nooooooooooo - W9 can't be the end!

[Now-runner_NeedsAttn Graduate in reply to SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow]

It's the end of the beginning. I'm just dipping my toes into the next step, I hadn't thought about it before as the idea of me running for 30 minutes was in the realms of fiction.

[Worldsend Graduate]

Well done

I'm two runs behind you and following your every move

[SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow Graduate in reply to Worldsend]

Thanks! I was really worried about W5R3, then W6, then the leap from W7 onwards, but the programme obviously works as it's been okay, largely due a great community and support from others here. And if I doubt myself on a run, I know that there's always someone out there somewhere going through the same.

[ANewMe2022 Graduate]

You knows you is awesome SlowSlowKwikKwikSlow especially when you've managed it after scans, and dye and things!!! Keep going! Looking forward to hearing about Friday's run...xx