Knock knock! Why hello neighbour, grab your trainers it’s time! I’d seen him a few weeks ago and he said when I’d done the plan he’d love some help starting... so he’d had a week of grace... time to do this. We walked down to the local park where I have a circuit around some grass and flowers that I could walk around and easily keep up, it’s about 400m. Speed the walk up as we got there and I fire MJ up on his phone but muted... skip the warm up and “run” off he goes “slow” he looks confused “slower” and then just like that go... and he did. Walk time and he said he thought I was gonna kick his butt... would I? Six more like that, and then the last... ok, he asked for it... faster... faster... more speed... and walk, if you still can... that one hurt him 😂. Anyway he’s very pleased with himself... and we are booked in again for Thursday! No more butt kicking, I just wanted to show him why we go slow for when I’m not there. Quick shandy on the way back... told the barman to hold the lemonade though of course.
Best rest day ever... gonna have to start looking for the next recruit!
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Nice to be able to run with someone, your neighbour seems to have enjoyed that run around the 400m local park, 400m is the exact circuit of an athletic track, so that's quite a coincidence for a runner to practice on. A rest day for me today as well. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to run another 5k, but this time around the official 5k route of our local 5K event which is what they call "A Santadash5K run" this year it is taking place on the 2nd December.
Cheers... he survived, but maybe he will be more careful what he asks for in future 😂
Mr motivator... I could see what he’s up to now... butt kicking gym I’m starting to like.
Hold on the lemonade! 🤣 that’s my kinda shandy too! Good on you for encouraging your neighbour! He’s gonna be thanking you when he’s running 5ks with you!
I’ve got two friends wanting me to do the same with them which I’m desperate to start but have had a nasty virus for a couple of weeks so no running for me at the moment.
Can’t wait to start it with them-like your idea of the lemonade-less shandy at the end 😂
That’s brilliant UNM!! Getting those lessons out early might be more beneficial than he will ever realise! And he was pumped at the end too! Now....you did tell him he needs plenty of water as well as shandy, hold on the lemonade, didn’t you? 🤨🤣❤️
If I can get people off that damn couch I will... but they’re not exactly jumping and waving at me 😂. I would love to cause a snowball effect in town though... if everyone starts 2 people off we’d be a very fit nation in a year or two.
Yeah, and hitting him with intense upper body workout has made him need a running day so he doesn’t have to do that... he’s very motivated this morning. Maybe tomorrow I’d best do it again even though I was thinking yoga 😂
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