3 things I've learned today - W6R3

[Mellybird]

1. I have no concept of speed - having tried and failed on Monday to complete this run in the heat, I set out today with the constant mantra in my head of "slow down" and ran, I felt, as slow as I could without actually walking and (I felt ) much slower than Monday - I completed the run easily (Yay !) but then looked at my watch to find that I had run faster than Monday AND had energy left for upping the speed for the last minute.

2. The App allows you to play your own music ! Note to self - must do more reading up before you start something. I was using the Podcasts and was, to be honest, getting a bit bored with the same music on each run - so having read a post on here yesterday I swapped to the app today and boy did it make a difference - I lost myself in my music and the time went a lot quicker. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk helped me over the finish line at a (almost ) sprint - I CAN run for 25 minutes - "If you don't believe me - Just watch"

3. Not to be too hard on yourself - Monday was my first failure to finish. I spent last night tossing and turning dreaming about having to go through it all again today - BUT it was fine. Made sure I was well hydrated, my own music helped and I DID IT ! Think I may have frightened the squirrels with my whoop of joy at the end.

On to week 7 .........

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

Oh wow, well done you! Bet you were sooo happy to have completed it, and the fact you had energy left at the end was epic!

I love using my own music. I’ve worked out that ‘Mirrors’ by Justin Timberlake is the exact same rhythm as my stride (pretty slow!) It definitely helps getting lost in music (if you’re as old as me you’ll recognise that as being a song title too!)

Have fun with W7. I’m doing W6R3 tomorrow, so see you there shortly! 😀🏃‍♀️❤️👍🏻

[BethMay]

Sounds like you’ve got those gremlins on the run! Fantastic xxx