Is it just me.... I may be gasping and almost on my knees, but see another runner coming towards me, I find a burst of speed and a smile, probably only to collapse round the corner! 😂
Today was my first run in 2 weeks after an all inclusive holiday. I haven’t had such a break since April and was a bit nervous that I may have lost it. Well it was slow, but I ran out of road before I ran out of running if you follow. I’ve been faster over 5k but there were no serious aches and pains and I’ll step it up a bit on Monday and go back to the hills.
Good to be back!🏃♀️😊😘
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Don't go so fast that you have to gasp, yes, sometimes when I see a runner coming in the opposite direction I quicken up a little, although that usually happens when I have begun to slow down anyway, seeing him or her coming I quicken up to the pace I was running before I slowed down. If I am aware of another runner behind me I actually slow down to let them pass, if they fly past me as if the were doing a 17 minute 5K, then I let them go and they disappear in the dust never to be seen again, however, if I am aware of another runner behind me and he/she seems to take ages to overtake me, I let them pass and in most cases will run at the same pace.
I wasn’t serious about the gasping! It’s just sometimes I think I look like a beginner still and want to impress people I perceive as more established than me. So a smile, a wave and a slight increase in speed, and I feel like I’ve pulled off a cunning deception! 😂
I see a serious runner and think I need to look the part. In reality they’d probably be quite happy to see me almost dying on my feet but trying... but I have that hangup!
Yes, me too! 😅 I always groan when I see another runner in the distance coming towards me, or worse still, if I find myself behind walkers! I’m slow, but there’s no way I’m going to let ambling folk go faster than me, so I ‘sprint’ past them. Now when I say sprint, I’m talking a marginally quicker snail 🐌 - but it tends to do the trick. I just need to make sure they don’t overtake me again a few paces later! - That would be shameful!! 😳
Good for you for getting straight back to running after your holiday! 👏👏👏🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
Haha yes good plan! Recently I had to suffer the indignity of being re-overtaken when my dog answered a call of nature! I had to pause to pick it up and ‘sprint’ past the walker for a second time! 😅😅🐕🐕😳😳
Yes we all do it!
Next holiday, take your kit and keep running, Running tourism is such great fun!
I tried! But the road outside the hotel was so busy, the beach was pebbly in places and the gym had very dodgy air conditioning! That’s my list of excuses and I’m sticking to them!😂
Well Katiepops it would seem to me that a lot of runners speed up when passing each other 🤣 l only speed up to a 🐌 or 🐢. Have a good run in them there hills on Monday 👍🏻
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