I peeked out of the window when I woke - ☔️ hmmm not great. Following on from torrential rain on Thursday and all day yesterday it’s going to be very wet & muddy out there. I ache a bit from an over enthusiastic session at the gym on Thursday evening, & a surprisingly robust yoga session yesterday which seems to have worked muscles in odd places!! Just to add to it my nose is streaming & it’s 4 degrees out there....oh and there are no 🍌 in the fruit bowl 😒 Enough of the excuses already - I am doing this. I find out my waterproof, strap on my trainers and off we go. 20 minutes - yikes - this is the furthest I’ve attempted since C25k in August last year. Jo assures me that I’m good for this - I can do this - of course I can.....can’t I?? I start tentatively and I’m anxious in the first five minutes to catch my breath and get into a rhythm. Two songs in & I’m in a flow and on my way. The puddles are massive and I try to avoid the worst of the mud, but I’m aware that I’ve got wet feet and I’m slipping and sliding about on the path - the road that comes next is better. 10 minutes in and I’ve got the worst of the hills in my sights. Five minutes to go - a gentle down hill helps - I’m going to do this thing 😛 I finish on a mean little up hill towards the farm and surprisingly the track is the best ground of the day. I run past my wk5r2 end point and YEAY - I’m done - I’ve done it 😀. Arms aloft 👏 Olympic gold medal style 🥇 Phew - been worrying about that one all week. I arrive home dripping wet and I’m steaming as I do my stretches before heading in for a shower and some brekkie. That’s a real milestone for me since picking up an injury in September last year, and advised against running for a couple of months by the physio. During my stop start attempts since then wk5r2 is the furthest I’ve managed for various reasons.
Week six here I come! Happy running 🏃♂️ 🏃🏻♀️ all - enjoy your weekend. 👍😊🏎
A day of firsts...5k race done!
W9R3 done and dusted!
W5 R1 Done
Week 8 - Done and Dusted 🏃♀️✅
A short run
