I peeked out of the window when I woke - โ๏ธ hmmm not great. Following on from torrential rain on Thursday and all day yesterday itโs 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 & itโs 4 degrees out there....oh and there are no ๐ in the fruit bowl ๐ 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 Iโve attempted since C25k in August last year. Jo assures me that Iโm good for this - I can do this - of course I can.....canโt I?? I start tentatively and Iโm anxious in the first five minutes to catch my breath and get into a rhythm. Two songs in & Iโm in a flow and on my way. The puddles are massive and I try to avoid the worst of the mud, but Iโm aware that Iโve got wet feet and Iโm slipping and sliding about on the path - the road that comes next is better. 10 minutes in and Iโve got the worst of the hills in my sights. Five minutes to go - a gentle down hill helps - Iโm going to do this thing ๐ 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 - Iโm done - Iโve done it ๐. Arms aloft ๐ Olympic gold medal style ๐ฅ Phew - been worrying about that one all week. I arrive home dripping wet and Iโm steaming as I do my stretches before heading in for a shower and some brekkie. Thatโs 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 Iโve managed for various reasons.
Week six here I come! Happy running ๐โโ๏ธ ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ all - enjoy your weekend. ๐๐๐