Belated Merry Christmas to you all🎄🎅🏻🎄it is such a busy time of year & weather so unpredictable!! Today was really cold but after feeling a bit down yesterday, think its age & trying to make a decision if i am going to retire or not! I decided to get up & put my running gear on & see if that would perk me up, since last run was on the 18th! So much for me running in my holidays☹️. Well wrapped up in buff, hat & new running gloves i braved the cold & did a longer warm up just to pass a busy road & off i went, must have been the longest & slowest 30mins yet😂😂and I thought the last 5mins would never end....but hey ho with all you runners out there keeping me going i did it & was so chuffed with continuous 30mins although i could easy have stopped after first 5mins😂😂. This is the hard bit for me keeping going 3 times a week as i struggled last time . But so want to be a runner & keep my spirits up! Must keep posting to check what everyone doing & congratulations to all you new graduates at such a hard time of year with the weather! Happy running 🏃♂️😊 x
Hard 30mins slog 😱: Belated Merry Christmas to... - Couch to 5K
Hard 30mins slog 😱
Hello Pc59 And a belated Merry Christmas to you! Thing is you are a runner! You just couldn't stop yourself from togging up and getting out there, and then you couldn't stop yourself after 5 mins even though you thought you wanted to!! Makes you a runner in my eyes
Good for you.
Ah thanks imeviesgranny, it was hard going but worth it felt so much better after it & i glad i went when i did as a hard frost this evening!! Take care everyone. 😊
Well done that runner for getting out there and it's great you had a good 30 minutes run too 👏
It was good & feel better of it😊
Well done. I find a good run lets me mull over problems and decisions in my head.
Keep posting, I find it holds me accountable if I tell the forum about my activities.
Happy running.
So true i read the posts every day to keep me going so guess what my new year resolution is😂run 3 times a week!! & post!!👍😊
Hello, happy 4th day of Christmas! What determination you ran with if you wanted to stop after 5 mins - you deserve a huge cheer for keeping going for another 25 mins. 😀
I had a real wobble with keeping going at week 7 and a similar but lesser experience after a couple of weeks on the IC. I help myself with a playlist of music that I really like so each track cheers me along, I change my routes, even if it's a small adaptation in a similar area. I also tried a pattern of run for 15 /walk for 2 etc to see if I would like it ( not quite decided yet ). Basically anything positive to crush gremlins because, like you, I really want to run. 😃
We will!!!! I love thst idea of run 15walk 2 etc im going to try thst & you are so right about varying routes as when i do that i lose track of time! Onwards & upwards 😊heres to us 🏃♂️🏃🏻♀️😊
I picked up the 15/2min idea on this forum, - it's the Jeff Galloway approach (easily found online) Someone posted that they had completed a marathon using this approach. For myself I will adapt it to suit my current running pattern - so atm I am comfy for about 20 mins - I may do a 20/2 min pattern for one of my three weekly runs, - still experimenting!
Yup, agree, you're totally a runner now, no two ways about it. You're putting me to shame!
The body is willing but sometimes the mind lets us down. Don’t overthink it, don’t give yourself an option; the running has to be done. When you get home don’t forget to give yourself a pat on the back for your achievements 🏃♂️🏃🏾♀️🏃♂️
Thanks i forget about the pat on the back so il mind that as too busy beating myself up for not going out!! 😂
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