I rolled out of bed at 6:30 am for my scheduled run, W8R2. I'd sorted out running gear, socks, trainers, bag... I grabbed everything and set off. A lovely, slightly chilly morning as I adjusted the Bluetooth headphones with the lovely Sarah Millican being her usual encouraging self and my audiobook in the background.
Then, disaster! The plaintive Asian lady who lives in my headphones "Please, charging!"
Bugger! No headphones, no audiobook. I turned up the volume on Sarah in my belt bag and carried on. I *thought* it would be awful but it was oddly liberating. By the time I'd got to the promenade the sun was peeking through the clouds and turning the sea a lovely pinky grey. I felt great. I had worked out a while ago that if I ran as far as the paddling pool & back, that would be a 5k run plus walking (NB forgot to set Garmin at start so the display is short a couple of hundred metres), so I thought why not? Every so often I would ask myself, if I felt like this, would I set off on a run? and the answer was always "yes" so I kept going.
I saw many other runners (didn't overtake any lol) and was very much encouraged by their comeradely "Good Morning" / "Bore Da" (delete as appropriate.) One guy passed me a couple of times and was very encouraging "Go on! You can do it!" - I saw him again near the end of my promenade run and excitedly told him "This will be my first 5k" and he cheered!
So there we are. Best get to work I suppose.
Love to all xxx
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Running with the runners... cheering you on... how cool?
What the hell just happened? Everything clicked into place and you showed yourself what you got, that’s what. Maybe headphones were a blessing in disguise, you got to experience a different ambiance.
Runners have to be able to adjust to technological hiccups when they happen. I don’t run so high tech as yet but today has my app vanish from its usual place on the phone, but I downloaded it again and luckily it’s at the same place and off I went. Another distance achieved by you. Hoorah and keep on running!👍🏽
Fantastic well done! I need to get up and run this morning. Just finishing my last drop of tea... I am near the beginning of this process motivation is hard! X
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W8R2 - well that was a first for me!
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Did my first ever 5K this morning!
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