Take that Toe! 💪🏃‍♀️✅

[cheekychipmunks]

Took my dicky toe out this morning. It grumbled a bit with my trainers laced up as normal, so I loosened the top part of the laces to give it more space. Needy toe. 🙄

I only intended to go for a tiny joglet, but running felt no more uncomfortable than walking - less so actually, so I thought I’d do about 2k then call it quits.

So obviously I ignored myself and I did 4k! 😅 My best 4k yet! ‘Long’ run in the week, 5.5k, then parkrun next Saturday. Oh I love running! 😀

I laugh in the face of dicky toes! 😀

Happy running guys! ❤️

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Welcome back! That’s some tester run 😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Haha I know! I’d said to myself, gentle jog, no MapMyRun. So i ignored everything! 😅

[Beanjo Graduate]

Go you 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👍👏. That sounds a pretty impressive joglet to me - think what you’ll be doing when the toe’s back to normal 😊😊

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Beanjo]

Thanks Beanjo! I’ll still only make it to being a marginally quicker snail! 🐌🐌🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Huge well done ...for toeing the line 😉 Very impressive....😉

Me and mine (toe) will be out tomorrow 😉

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks Oldfloss! We look forward to hearing how your misbehaving little toe fares! Good luck tomorrow! 😀😀

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks you..x

[MVBrown Graduate]

Well done on getting back out there toe and all. It kept you from the disco but it possibly aided in a quicker recovery. Do enjoy your runs and let’s kniw how you get on at the parkruns.

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to MVBrown]

Thanks MVB. I’m sad to have missed my disco, but the thought of being trampled was eye watering, so you’re right, missing it was definitely sensible!

Looking forward to parkrun again next Saturday. 😀

Happy running to you this week too! 👏👏😀😀

[telford_mike Graduate]

😀🏃‍♀️ Yay!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

Thanks Mike. It takes more than a dicky toe to stop a chipmunk! 😅

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Fantastic Cheeky! What a great run! Those where you just keep going do feel fantastic. You’re a star!! 🤩😁

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Thank you Fab! A real bonus one today! 😀😀

[Runsome Graduate]

Excellent news back on the road again knocking out those KM’s. well done I bet it’s great to get back out 😀

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Runsome]

Thanks Runsome! Definitely happy to be back out there. It’s so therapeutic out there trotting along! 😀❤️

[Jundal Graduate]

Well done cheeky, back to see your back and running again!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Jundal]

Oh yes Jundal, it takes a lot to keep a chipmunk sidelined! Thanks! 😀😀

[Runsome Graduate]

Yes it is and the after buzz puts me in a really great frame of mind. Although here is the recurring question. Is running really enjoyable, the actual sweat and pain of it. I think it makes a difference if it’s a free run no pre set distance and not chasing a time its magical, but put a target in and that’s when to question comes into play is it or isn’t it ? 😀

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Runsome]

Yes I think if I’d have set out to do 4k today, subconsciously my toe would have come into play. The fact it was spontaneous made it far more enjoyable! 😀

Still, I’ll need to see how my pre-planned 5.5k goes in the week. 😳😀

[Jundal Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

You'll be fine cheeky, I did a 6k on Thursday and even though it was hard, when I dropped to a walk I knew I could have pushed for another half or even a full kilometre more. Just control your breathing, enjoy the music and keep putting one foot in front of the other. Simples!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Jundal]

Thank you! Always helps to get reassurance like that. I’ll make sure my tunes are cranked up! 🎶🏃‍♀️🎶