A hop a skip and a horse fly bite! Week 8 complete 🙌🏼

[Debsy2008]

A busy busy day at work caused a nagging noise in my head on the way home... do you really want to run tonight?.. it’s very hot... your not good in the heat... maybe just wait until tomorrow?.. your hips are sore... you’ve broken a nail - blaaah blah blah...Nope! Stop the nag and just get straight out there!

Early dart from work and out to run soon after 4.

Yep it was hot... very hot but I coped better than the nag had thought. It was beautiful out there and lots of lovely sights to distract me from my achy hips.

WOAH... my calf is on fire?! What the???... panic over it was just a horse fly trying to eat my calf half way through the run 😱 quick hop skip and slap of the calf and of he went 🙄 Cheers!

Started to really feel it at 26 mins in I was spent... still 26 mins... keep going... yep still 26 mins... one leg in front of the other... power on... still 26... you can’t stop this close to the end... still 26 mins...I swear it was the longest minute ever!! Then finally 27 mins... whoop whoop one minute to go 😃 I was literally desperate to stop at 26 but made it to 28 eventually😰

Not my easiest day. Or my easiest run. But I did it💪🏼 no excuses. Week 8 complete 🙌🏼

Week 9 here I come... not today though 😂🙈

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Excellent!

[Bridget007 Graduate]

Yay well done ... it’s horrible when those minutes don’t change .. at least their were no “wonky” roads 😊

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to Bridget007]

Haha yes kept em flat and simple today 😂🙈

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Fantastic post Debsy! You’re on the home stretch. Brilliant views too! Well done! ❤️

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Very lucky to have this lovely route on my doorstep so must make the most of it... no excuses!

Thanks hun 😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Debsy2008]

You are a lucky lady!! Brilliant! ❤️

[thegirlfrommarz Graduate]

We’re at the same point - congrats on getting week 8 under the belt!

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to thegirlfrommarz]

Oh fantastic! Well done... let’s storm that podium together 🙌🏼

[thegirlfrommarz Graduate in reply to Debsy2008]

Definitely! We can help each other across the line like the Brownlee brothers (I will definitely be the Johnny in this scenario).

theguardian.com/sport/video...

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to thegirlfrommarz]

Yes 😃 we’ve got this 💪🏼

[Saartjie Graduate]

Well done! Looks a lovely place to run x

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to Saartjie]

Thank you, Yes very lucky!

[Guesty26 Graduate]

Well done Debs, Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win, my mantra. Enjoy your last week, keep at it.

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to Guesty26]

I love that! Thank you 😊

Have never regretted a run yet... but pretty sure I would have regretted dodging it 😉

[Dbbd Graduate]

Could have wrote this myself!! Same sort of run tonight & startin w9 on Friday. I’m gonna have a look at how close I am to 5k Mark been puttin it off in case I’m nowhere near- have u checked?

[Debsy2008 Graduate in reply to Dbbd]

🙌🏼 some runs just go like that!

No I’m not gonna make 5k yet just going to concentrate on doing the time then will work on doing the distance after graduating.