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Wet 💦 Windy💨 Warm☀️ Wild🌿 Wonderful🌟

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WK8R1 had been bagged with a mixture of all kinds of weather this morning and I feel great!!

Woke up at 6:55am, after a long day yesterday attending an open day at Winchester university for daughter number 3, donned the gear, put the tunes on, said "Good morning" to Mr Smooth and off I went.

WK8R1 had started and I was really looking forward to this. 28 minutes of running, all carefully planned out so as to avoid running up a hill on the last minute!! I can do hills at the beginning and in the middle but just not at the end of the run!! I live in Cambridgeshire, which is in The Fens and is supposed to be flat!! Well let me tell you, it is not bloody flat!! There's hills everywhere!!

I don't know what it was about this run but I really enjoyed it. Time went by in a flash and before I knew it Mr Smooth was telling me that I had finished my running for the day and for some strange reason that really upset me 😢

I'm sad when I can't run 😢 I'm sad when it's a rest day 😢 (I'm currently taking 2 rest days for these longer runs and it's working a treat) I get jealous when I see other people running on my rest days. I get itchy feet when it's a rest day. What does all this mean?!!

Oh yes, I think it means that I am in ❤️ with running and it doesn't bother me one bit!!

Happy Sunday to all runners and I hope you find running love whatever path it takes you down 🏃🏼❤️🏃🏻‍♀️

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Cornet-Carolyn profile image
Cornet-CarolynGraduate

That brilliant! I live in Norfolk so I know what you mean, that's not supposed to have hills either. Happy running 🏃👍

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn

Oh, I love Norfolk and regularly go camping at Kelling Heath so I know that Norfolk is not flat either!!

Well done on this morning run 👍🏼🏃🏻‍♀️

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Cornet-CarolynGraduate in reply to Kimchoc08

Kelling is our local site if we just want a weekend away in the caravan. Now I've started this running lark I will be down those tracks. Can just see me now running down by the railway line, 😂

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn

If I find myself there next year, I'll keep a lookout for you!!

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Sadie-runsGraduate

Lovely post. I ❤️ running too. (Just not today!) You are doing a grand job. 👏

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Sadie-runs

Thank you 😊

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J9_54Graduate

Morning Kim, so pleased that you had another great run - you are nearly at that podium now. The extra rest day helped me too with my run yesterday. Have a great Sunday x

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to J9_54

Thank you and enjoy your Sunday too 😊

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ju-ju-Graduate

Fabulous pic, what a gorgeous run.... good to feel the love ❤️

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to ju-ju-

Love feeling the love ❤️

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Vixen67Graduate

You definitely have the running bug 🏃🏼‍♀️ Beautiful picture and I appreciate the dog waste bin particularly lol 👍🏃🏼‍♀️🐶

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Vixen67

Thank you 😊

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Madge50Graduate

Hello "waves", whereabouts in Cambs are you? And where is that park? I'm a regular at Milton parkrun.......always up for a meet up if you fancy it.....just ask Curlygurly2 .......

Mx

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Madge50

Huntingdon in Cambs. The park is Hinchingbrooke Country Park and they have a parkrun every Saturday. I've just signed up and am hoping to do one soon, maybe as I go into Week 9!!

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Madge50Graduate in reply to Kimchoc08

Ooohhhhh, I might have to do a bit of parkrun tourism then......😄

Mx

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Geord68Graduate

Well done looks like a great place to run

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Geord68

It certainly is 😊

Brilliantly done as ever and the love affair continues.

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to

Thank you 😊

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LeeUGraduate

That's another one ticked off Kim, 5 left now until you graduate, do you have any plans for afterwards?

One day you will listen when I say you've got this, you can run for 20 minutes, you can run for 25 minutes and you can now run for 28 minutes, want to guess the rest of this?

Here's a hint:

If I can run for 28 minutes then I can run for XX minutes.

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to LeeU

Now 99% believe that I can do this!! Thanks for all your support 😊

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Decker

Lovely post Kim. I'm not a big fan of hills either, so I can sympathize! You've got to love those easy relaxed runs. Your legs and your lungs are saying "We got this - lets go!"

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to Decker

Much prefer the 'no hills' runs!!

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quirkybeeGraduate

Well done Kim, you're doing fab and enjoying it 😊

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Kimchoc08Graduate in reply to quirkybee

I'm having an absolute blast!!

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