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Week 4 day 1 what a fantastic run

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Good morning,

Up at 4.45 to hitch a lift with my son who dropped me off on his way to work. It was frosty this morning which meant gloves and a hoodie as well as the high viz. It was so cold that I kept them on all through the run whereas normally I run in a sleeveless vest. BUT...but, what a fantastic backdrop to my run. The countryside spread out in front of my lit by a crescent moon and billions of stars. I was so busy looking for the constellations that I didn't notice the cold as I started my walk...then, childish excitement, just as I was about to start the first run of the morning what should light the sky and the road ahead? A shooting star!! Yes, I'm a geologist and I know that they are meteorites, I have a picture of a thin section of one adorning my walls, but there is still the child inside me which finds them wondrous and magical. I finished the morning session not tired, not footsore, not weary, but exhilarated and uplifted. What a run x

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Wantorun2013Graduate

Wonderful start to the day can it get any better 👍🏃‍♀️🌙✨

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Geo-Lesley in reply to Wantorun2013

Yes, bacon and eggs after a cup of tea and a shower ;)

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kmc66Graduate

Well done, it’s great when a run goes well 👍🏻

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Geo-Lesley in reply to kmc66

Thank you, yes, it's an amazing feeling :)

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Pc59Graduate

What a great start to a Monday morning 😊run complete for the day too👍well done.

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Geo-Lesley in reply to Pc59

Thank you, yes, it is brilliant when it all goes well. On the bad days good runs like this reminds me that it is only one bad run :)

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Simply wonderful.. what a truly magnificent start to your day and your week... I just managed to spot the Venus and Jupiter conjunction !

Have a great day and very well done...onward and upward :)

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Geo-Lesley in reply to Oldfloss

Thank you, Oldfloss. I missed that unfortunately but we have both witnessed something amazing so I mustn't be greedy. Fingers crossed that the rest of the week goes as well :)

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TedGGraduate

Well done Lesley, great start to the week....you’re doing great, keep it up ☺️

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Geo-Lesley in reply to TedG

Thanks, TedG. It is the perfect way to start a week, you too :)

Oh wow, what a fantastic and uplifting run report! You're doing great. Week 4 is a good week :-)

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Geo-Lesley in reply to

Thank you, I shall take heart from your comments as a graduate....one day , one day ;)

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feebe

Well done, lovely write-up. I’ll be doing W4R2 in about an hour and can’t believe I’m almost looking forward to it. P.s I missed a run in W3 accidentally but seem to be ok so far!

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Geo-Lesley in reply to feebe

Thank you, Feebe. It looks like you are doing really well even with skipping a day :)

I hope the run today was as good for you as it was for me. :)

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SaskAlliecatGraduate

That warmed my heart. My son and I were out last night and he was so excited to see a shooting star. He made a wish and wanted to tell me all about it....but then it wouldn't come true 😉

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Geo-Lesley in reply to SaskAlliecat

My son guessed what mine was :)

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