W7R1 - Mother's Day present to myself

[JoP61]

Sunday is my favourite running day, so I didn't bother with the Mother's Day lie-in. Off out to start Week 7 - never thought I'd get this far.

Actually found this run harder than the previous one, even though both were 25 minutes. However, I seem to have run it slightly faster, which is bizarre. Encouraged by the fact that I could speed up in the last minute.

I listened to a Sarah Millican comedy podcast last night, during which there was a fairly high degree of profanity. However, she was very polite on my run today (!)

For those of you on wildlife watch, I heard 2 owls, saw 4 magpies together (4 for a boy? I should be so lucky!), lots of pigeons, sparrows, a pair of robins, a blackbird and a collared dove. As I finished I also heard what I am already thinking of as "my" woodpecker!

Who knew I could run? It still seems like some sort of weird magic....😀🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Girlyengland Graduate]

Well done, I also ditched the lie in (no chance with my 2 anyway!) and went out just so I can enjoy my ‘free Mother’s Day cake’ at soft play later 😂 wildlife wise, 6 squirrels - two of which tried to run infront/ sabotage me! Enjoy the rest of your day x

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to Girlyengland]

Pesky squirrels! Enjoy your Mother's Day and the cake - you've deserved it! xx

[Loudrury Graduate]

Woohoo! well done! I have just completed week 6 ..... who knew that I could run too ....I am pleased I set off at a steady pace though as my self competitive curse is to run faster each time....not sure I would have made it. With a minute to go i loved the sprint at the end .... a real opportunity for celebration!!!

Week 7 here I come!

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to Loudrury]

Woohoo indeed! And well done! I also have the nagging feeling that I should be running faster each time but I think "here be dragons" if I carry on like that. Today Sarah said remember it's not about speed but getting the km under the belt. So that's what I'm trying to focus on.

Nevertheless, the sprint at the end is a bit of fun, as you say!

Good luck with W7!!

[misswobble Graduate]

I know! Who knew! It,is absolutely unreal,what we can do once we just get going. We slowly gather momentum .......... whoop whoop 💪👍😃

Keep going, slow and steady, nailing these sessions and having fun 👍

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

It does seem unreal - like a new me! (At my age!!)

Slow and steady is absolutely right - thanks for reminding me. Happy running! 😀👍

[misswobble Graduate]

At your age! At our age! 😁. Fast Show old ladies springs to mind 😆

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Definitely! My daughter said to me today "you are old, Mum, but that's OK, you are a runner as well". Not sure if that's a compliment or not! She gave me an activity/heart rate monitor/watch for Mother's day - a bit of a change from the usual MD gifts! 😀

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to JoP61]

I love it.. my daughter gives me no such quarter... Me..."I ran 3K this morning" ... Daughter... " were you short of time?"

Enjoy your lovely gift

[Lillybeth30mins Graduate]

Takes a while to sink in doesn’t it??... I still go to automatically correct people when they talk about me as being a runner ... and then I remind myself I AM allowed to call myself this!!🤣 (albeit a very new one) 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Liz x

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to Lillybeth30mins]

Yes it does - Sarah Millican told me after W6R3 that I am officially a runner. So if it's good enough for her....😀

[misswobble Graduate]

I had an animal print mini skirt off my son for mother’s day 😁 👍

Off out in it now 🐆

Let’s just say I am the wrong side of 59 but you’re as old as you feel 👍

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Blimey - go misswobble! Wish I could wear an animal print mini skirt! Have a great time xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to misswobble]

I love it.... go your son.... picture???

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I put a pic in the Race Support thread. It’s a bit quieter in there to sneak it in under the Mods radar 😎

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Perfect run .. perfect day to do it

Very well done you.. I hope you had a lovely day x

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Hey Oldfloss - yes we had a lovely day together and her runner's gift was so appreciated! We are both trying to shed a lot of demons at the moment.

Hope you had a good day with your daughter and husband. xx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to JoP61]

I did.. thank you.. small runner int raining never stopped whizzing, apart from when we were all eating lunch

Those demons... they hate runners

[JoP61 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Excellent! Small runner in training sounds like a new recruit!

Those demons hang onto my heels and I keep trying to shake them off. But when I start running they go flinging off into the bushes!!

My daughter is flinging off her demons through training for a 5K swimathon. She's already up to 3k in the pool (120 lengths).

We're trying to support each other to get rid of the damn demons! And become more balanced, fitter and happier people. Quite a lot to achieve, but the C25K has been a goddam lifesaver so far! 😀