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Father, forgive me...

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for I am a lapsed graduate and I have not really run for over a year.

Due to old in-laws, an old parenty-thing and starting a new business - and our son about to start uni - I have found precious little time to run. Father, forgive me for I am weak and my limbs and waist are a bit flabby...

Today, Father, I start afresh. A new pair of rather natty Brooks running shoes [thanks Coventry Runner - strange as I live on Dartmoor - for an excellent service] and some new socks and here I go; back to W1R1. It should be easy... it should be, but it may not be. Half a banana and some tea inside me, the dog rearing to go - yeah, right! - and off I jolly well go. Father, please be with my ancient limbs and huffing and puffing lungs, and guide my steps and lead me not into cow or sheep poo, but keep me out of the puddles.

Amen.

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Oldlady57

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚Good luck. Father, son & Holy Ghost are with you!! Enjoy your run

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduateβ€’ in reply toOldlady57

I am not a Catholic, but I thought that 'confession' was so funny, confessing to not running and making a good excuse about it as well as if it was in the confessional to a priest, I am sure the running 5k Father, Son & Holy Ghost are with all runners here on C25K at all times, by the way, the patron Saint of runners and athletes is St Sebastian, not Seb Co, but a martyr in Roman Catholicism.

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I'm not a Cat-a-holic either. I'm good old C of E but I watch Father Brown!

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RealfoodieclubGraduate

You will do it, I know there is a runner inside you that just needs to be reinvigorated again, welcome back, great to see old names coming back to us even if they have lapsed πŸ˜€.

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Equi-geekGraduate

Welcome back! Huge respect for starting again. Hope you find your mojo again very soon 😁πŸ’ͺ

Awww, thanks! Did the run; I feel wonderful and invigorated and I am ready for awkward walking tomorrow! the dog, however, did little but trudge. She always hates going back on a there-and-back-again walk, and today she was spectacular on that front. I tried explaining that from now on we would run in the morning and have a sniffy-walk in the evening when the Mrs gets in, but she didn't pay too much attention to me.

Off for some strawberries and raspberries now - yummy!!!

Thanks. It's back! I'd forgotten just how nice running in the morning is. Cows munching the grass the sheep standing and watching with a, 'just what on Earth are you doing', look on their woolly faces. The river burbling along and the occasional dragonfly flitting over the water and surrounding moor.

Roll on Wednesday...

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misswobbleGraduate

You know the drill. Off you go and have fun. It’s like riding a bike 😁

I do. It is and I didn't fall off!

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Runningnut

Many blessings

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AnniemurphGraduate

Yay, Hidden , nice to see you here again, and glad the run went well, apart from the dog! You'll be back again before you know it - the great thing about redo-from-start is that you know you can :)

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