How kind of the rain to hold off until I was about to step out of the door for my run tonight 🙄..... but NOTHING was going to deter me from seeing the ar*e end of week 6 as I waved it goodbye..!!
I got the first 5 minutes of running under my belt but, although it went quite quickly, it was tough - I couldn't find my pace and I seemed to be thumping the tarmac path. My calf muscles started to sing loudly at me... then my bloody knees joined in with the chorus 😫
Oldfloss was in my head... "Take it slow and steady, kiss the ground lightly with your feet". I concentrated hard and it seemed to help, but I did doubt that I'd make the full 25 minutes.
The rain started to ease, but the wind decided it wanted to play rough and tried to whip my hat off several times. If the hat was going, it'd have to stay gone... there's no way I was chasing it 😕
I came out of a side street and on to the main road. The street lighting was casting 2 shadows of me against a hedge... thought someone was running up behind me... I nearly pooped myself..!! Thank goodness tonight wasn't the night I'd chosen to try the Zombie run 😱🙈💩
Sarah suddenly appeared in my ears, telling me I was half way through my run. OK, halfway, same again and it'll all be over. I tried to work out where those last 12 ish minutes would take me - hopefully timing it so I'd be close to home and my knees wouldn't get too scuffed up by the homeward crawl.
Then Green Day burst into my ears..... "I'm still breathing"..... VERY appropriate and undoubtedly THE best Green Day track ever. I'd moshed for over 2 hours to Green Day in Amsterdam in January (albeit Heineken fuelled), so if anyone was going to get me through the second half of this run it was going to be Billie Joe Armstrong..!!
Then something happened....
My pace changed, my calf muscles relaxed, my knees stopped hurting and my breathing calmed down... I was running instead of struggling... it felt AMAZING..!! I was singing (it's more than I can do to run and breath at the same time) ... and I was smiling instead of dribbling 🤤
So I ran, sang and grinned myself through the second half of my run and, when Sarah told me I could stop, I didn't want to..!! 😂
The cool down walk even felt good... no rubber legs or clown feet 🤗
I felt absolutely elated... and then Sarah told me that I'm officially a RUNNER..!! OMG, I actually felt quite emotional 😭 ... me... a bloody runner...!!! 😱
So, week 6, you sneaky thing... you give us 2 hellish runs and then you turn us into runners..!! I take back everything I said about you 😘
And to my lovely fellow runners who have inspired and encouraged me all the way... thank you for making me a runner 😘😘
I AM A RUNNER, and I have celebrated this evening with lots of brandy and a box of Maltesers 😝
Happy running everyone... and I hope those battling with week 6 can stick it out and power on through. YOU CAN DO IT..... I bloody did...!!!
Bring on week 7 🤗
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ha ha fantastic...but hey, maltesers???????, i chose Michael Johnston as my coach and i can still hear him saying youre now a runner, awesome. Week 6 really is a turning point and i found as i went into weeks 7, 8 and 9 i was telling myself more and more i can do this. Week 9 is 3x 30 min runs, i only did 1, 2nd was 36 mins and 3rd 33 mins.
Great post, i hope those not yet at week 6 read and are inspired to continue........but really....maltesers
the trepidation thing is really odd, it can make you nervous but i think i learnt to ignore it, bloody mindedness and a determination to finish drove me on.
reading here how others finished the programme was so helpful
That's so true, this community is amazing. Without it I think I would have given up about 2 weeks ago when my running buddy chose to continue the programme on a treadmill. That's not for me I'm afraid.
Well done, seriously, well done. You are an inspiration to us all, and your posts are quite humorous too...
Its weird how the lights can play tricks on us, but you must be careful when out running at night.
I hope I can drop into that nice rhythm like you did, it makes it so much easier, not so much a Greenday fan though, its a coin toss between Meghan Trainor and Taylor Swift ...
Have already got my post Week 6 celebrations lined up ... GnT and a small bar of fruit and nut, well, it would be wouldn't it.
Great run, great write up. Have a rest ... week 7 beckons you ... and I'm so jealous.
Yes...You certainly are a runner HeadInTheClouds...you were right in the zone. Feels fantastic doesn't it😎...
Plain sailing now...nice steady running..some bits to push through, some bits amazing... Remember to start slowly while your body takes on the extra oxygen you need for the exertion, this takes about 8 to 10 mins, and then you will feel more relaxed.
Thank you Bluebirdrunner , it did feel pretty fantastic 😊
Thank you for the advice, I'll try not to get too carried away. It's good to know it takes 8-10 minutes to settle in, and that's what I have to persevere with.
Beautiful! What an amazing run! Love it when that happens. I have been known to sing like a mad fool when I have had one of those perfect runs. Lucky Star by Madonna is my fave pant, pant, sing tune.
Good on you for getting through those sneaky b*st*rd first two runs of week 6. I had quite forgotten the elation of the third run. You got grit, gurrrrrl, be proud.
You are a bloody runner and don't ever forget it! Enjoy week 7 (I know I did).
That's awesome! Well done! You have given me an extra boost for my run today!
I've wondered about the zombie run app, although I live out in the countryside and it's foggy most of the time at the moment, I think it might be a little too scary for me! I'd be interested to hear how you get on!
I have faith that I too will pass the dribbling stage on my run today! Thanks for sharing your progress....and a massive well done again!!!
Congratulations! Sounds like a brilliant run. I had that 'getting into the running zone' thing happen to me for the first time in week 7, it's an amazing feeling isn't it? Enjoy week 7, I loved it!
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