I am not a potato!

[Dee_N]

W7R1

Thanks for the motivation sallenson you’re right I’m not a potato and I was the best that I could be- in fact a personal PB on pace! 😁Potato truly roasted and it tasted good!

After a tough week 6, I must say that I was in no hurry to face week 7. After a night of back to school dreams, waking up to a cool, grey, drizzly Sunday did not inspire me to hit the pavements. With my summer tan fast fading, off I went.

MJ’s voice welcomed me to week 7.....mmmm dreamy- ok not all bad! Brisk walk done, and on to the run.

First 5 mins... Noticing my slightly uncomfortable not usual running bra, stone in shoe, shorts too loose and phone falls out of my pocket on to floor grinding all apps to halt. I may as well have flashed a pair of big pants to the world and called myself Bridget Jones! Just wasn’t feeling put together! Right so quick stop, stone out, cord on shorts tightened and phone rescued...let’s try again.

Thankfully, the rest of my run was actually fairly comfortable. The first time I looked at my time was about halfway and breathing was under control. Instead of having a day’s rest in between runs I had two. This seemed to help with recovery and I didn’t experience the calf strain that I did last time. This may be my plan going forward with the longer runs.

Got to the hill and for once I didn’t even swear at it! Not even a finger gesture! Maybe I’m growing as a person!? 😉

Post hill with 7.5mins remaining, I picked up the pace. Felt good and carried on round again and even did a second incline on my last 60seconds!

Feeling like week 7 will be ok after all. 😁

[Dee_N Graduate]

Also is it normal to want to just nap afterwards!? 🙈

[ArthurJG Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Well it's certainly my normal, can't speak for anyone else though I find that if I have to go straight home, shower, change and go straight out to do something else I can do that and it's not really an issue, strangely enough. But if there isn't anything I absolutely must do there and then, and I have time to think about it, then seven times out of ten, yes I want a nap (and most of the other times I want food).

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to ArthurJG]

That makes me feel normal then!! 😁 As you say normally life doesn’t stop and usually I’m in, dressed, quick breakfast and out again. This was a rare Sunday with nothing too pressing! So I had a healthy cooked breakfast (it really was- still tasty though) and wanted a snooze 😂😂😂

[ArthurJG Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Hate to disappoint but please be assured, being like me does not make you normal.

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to ArthurJG]

Normal is overrated! 😉

[ArthurJG Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

You know what, you're right. Normal is so ... what's the word? ... couch!

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to ArthurJG]

🙌🏽

[RunBrianRun Graduate]

Glad to read you got your self sorted out on the run! Made me laugh that. 😂 And good job. You have most definitely got this! 👍

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to RunBrianRun]

🙈 haha! Thanks Brian 😁

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Lovely long runs in Week 7..you are doing brilliantly.. well done!!!

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Ta Flossy!! 😊

[MatildasPb Graduate]

Yey! You’ve beaten your hill. I’m still fighting with mine but getting there - they’re there to be conquered.

Ps I may be in need of your teaching skills, it took me three attempts to remember how to spell conquered it kept coming out as concurred 😕. Skool was a long time ago...

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to MatildasPb]

😁 sadly can’t use phonics for the word conquered!! Lol x

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

But you’ve conquered the word conquered!!

[MatildasPb Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Haha

Small victories are still victories

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to MatildasPb]

🙌🏽

[sallenson Graduate]

Dee, you're brilliant all by yourself. hon!! Well done, demon concurred/conquered/wotevad.

Rest of W7 is now hiding behind the bike sheds too scared to come out

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to sallenson]

Cheers mate! I’m glad I did! Always am in the end!

[sallenson Graduate]

For people who may be baffled by why Dee and I were talking spuds, I'd suggested that braving a run about in a bit of drizzle was not a bad thing to do, and that since she was not, and is not, a potato, there was little chance of osmosis of rain water and therefore of swelling to the size of a hot-air balloon.

There.

Best to clear these things up to avoid confusion, distress and possible legal action.

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to sallenson]

Hahaha!!! I’m so sorry, didn’t mean to make you sound horrible 🙈🙈🙈 but it did get me thinking potatoey thoughts. I appreciated the motivation 😘

[Flaraflarkin Graduate]

You had me at "shorts too loose!!" 😱😱 You must be doing something right Dee_N 🙌🙌 Well done once again lovely xx

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😂😂😂 not sure the cord was tight enough! Xx

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

A great run Dee! What a brilliant start! These are the things that are great to laugh at, because it never stops you! 💪🏽💥

Everything fixed and “Off you go”! as MJ would say 🤓. Aaah.... I miss him. 😊 You’re so ready for W7!! Love it! Have fun! 😁❤️