Yup. My first "horrible" run. 🙁 Week 6 run 1. Back to intervals. It wasn't the runs fault (I don't think), but mine. I was still feeling a bit rubbish with a cold, and set out with a pounding headache and no energy. I was grumpy.
I did it, mind. 5 min run; 3 min recovery walk (I even hated the walking bit); 8 min run; 3 min walk; 5 min run. Grumpy all the way, slower than I ever imagined possible, and angry with myself for not being able to pep talk myself out of this funk.
But I did it. And the next run will be better, I hope. They say everyone has a bad run now and again, right? 🙁
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Aw - it's tough sometimes but it's another run in the bag. Your body was telling you today wasn't to be. All athletes have off days. Well done for going out 😘
Thanks Ian. I know, I shouldn't have gone out...but I was worried, as it was 2 days since my last run, and I wanted to keep the momentum. Rookie mistake, lesson learned!
And thank you for your kind support, always appreciated. The next run will be when I am back to full health and it will be fun. 😀
Well done you, proud of you for pushing through despite feeling ill. You're doing great hope you feel better soon and have a good rest x
Thanks buddy. x It was a bit foolhardy of me, but am going to try and focus on the fact that I did it, despite the grumps! When are you next running? You need to break those new shoes in! 🏃♀️
Don't stress about the run, it's a mean old run at the best of times and you clearly weren't feeling well. But look at what you did - you can put it behind you, get better and then move on! Such commitment is really impressive - thers no holding you back now 😄
Aw, thanks sjs. I found it odd that I resented the recovery walks. I used to welcome those with open arms! But meh. Chalking it up to experience and moving on from it. Thanks for the encouragement, much needed today. 😘
You did it! That is really all that matters. I’ve found that you get it back - the important thing is that you kept going. Although you didn’t feel well and it wasn’t as fast as you’d like, also you had a bit of a mental battle, in my opinion it’s still much better than not going! Next time will be better.
Much easier to tell somebody else this than it is myself!
I am a little nervous that this is how it will be from now on, but equally know that is totally irrational! Need to get totally well before my next run. My poor poor body. 🙁
And don't worry, it is easier to tell someone else everything will be fine - but you got me and everyone else on here to tell you that if needed!
I think it’s cool when people get the first horrible run.
Why?
Because it shows you can get through it when all you want to do is stop. Running along is easy when it’s all butterflies and bunny rabbits and sunny days.
It’s when you are not enjoying it but battle through that you get to see what you can do.
Also, it means that because you don’t want to go through that feeing again that you tend to really enjoy the next run even more and, as daft as it sounds, probably find it easier.
So rejoice in the bad run.
That’ll be the run that you completed anyway!!!! Woo hoooo!
Ha ha! Thank you - this is a very uplifting reply and made me laugh! Funny. I knew this run would come and bite me in the butt sooner or later. I have been so annoyingly upbeat so far. 😀
Yup they do, put this one down to experience. This was the nemesis run for me - the only one I had to repeat. I hated it too...But you went and got it done, it's in the bank, onwards and upwards
I had exactly the same experience with W6R1. That was what drove me to this site in fact. I found loads of other people saying the same thing and felt immediately better. As I always say, battling through the tough runs is 'worth' more than flying through the easy ones. That's when you really become a runner. You're doing great - just keep on at it - the podium is just 3 short weeks away!
Thank you! I am sure it is designed this way for a reason, but that doesn't stop me hating week 6 - pffft. The good news is that I won't let it beat me. The more I hate it, the more committed I will become. I am stubborn like that. 😀 I will keep on running until I get my happy run again. x
Hi Sadie well done on getting out and going for it, hope you've had a recovery couch afternoon! I've just finished W4R2 - sweating the one too many gins out of my system from last night, wasn't a pretty sight but feeling better now for it. Have a good week xx
Thank you Sadie! And well done on completing W4R2 - you are doing so well. I am pretty sure the two glasses of red I had last night contributed to my cr*p run today! Sigh.
You have the joy of week 5 coming up soon. I love week 5. Almost romantically. It was a beauty. Sigh.
Hope you're feeling better and that the headache has gone. I think it's a good idea to skip the run if you're feeling grotty but these are often lessons we need to learn the hard way.
Then it seems that sometimes a bad (or conversely good) run can surprise us. I remember I set out for W7R2 quite a long time ago feeling normal, having breezed through all the others, and it absolutely floored me. It was a change of place and time of day, but that still didn't account for why it was so utterly unpleasant. It also left me sore and on the IC for a week but I never truly figured out why.
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hope you feel better soon and have a good rest x
Well that was a toughie...
Well that was a strange one 😉
Failedw4r1 ☹
Well, that was horrible!
Phew! That was close.
