OhMmmGee! Please can I count it as 5k??!!

Well I don’t know where that came from, but it felt brilliant!! After a really chaotic few days it was just great to get out this evening to run and just put my energy into something else.

I still haven’t convinced my little run buddy to join me again since she dug her paws 🐾 in during week 2, but hey-ho, she posed for a photo!

W8R3 ✔️. Week 9 I’m coming to get you!!

[RunRunRun13 Graduate]

Well done my lovely and such a great time ! Your doing so well....not only are we neighbours but you have my dog 🤣 mine is identical !

Do you go to the Hayling Island cockapoo meet ups ?

[Hidden in reply to RunRunRun13]

Thank you 🙏🏻

I’ve had such a busy week that I thought if any run was going to be a repeat run then it would be this run. This has happened to me before - by some strange fluke I run really well when I don’t think I will. Maybe because I don’t set myself any expectations.

I’ve never heard of the Hayling Island meet ups - I need to find out more. I just love that cockapoos all recognise each other and go bonkers!

I’m beginning to wonder if we’ve already met ......on P Common?

[RunRunRun13 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Such a great feeling when you have a good run and not expecting it...lifts you up for the day and this is why we run.

You never know we may have bumped into each other somewhere !

Will send you a private message with details of the Hayling meets if you ever fancied it x

[Hidden in reply to RunRunRun13]

Yes please, thank you

[notquiteretired Graduate]

Wow Delly-dot, you are doing great and such a gorgeous little dog too 😊👍

[Hidden in reply to notquiteretired]

I had 0 expectations about tonight’s run and just enjoyed getting out. It was so warm though! Gorgeous little dog is a honey, bonkers, but gorgeous!

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate]

You win today's cute picture prize 😊 and yes I would very definitely be calling that 5k. I'm sure it's well within the margin for error! Great job Dd.

[Hidden in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Thank you! She knows she’s cute and is perfecting the most pathetic puppy dog eyes look!! Has us all completely wrapped round her paw.

I very much like “the margin of error” idea. 😊 I’ve not thought about it that way. My Fitbit tracker said 5.14k but since I’ve been tracking my runs I’ve always gone by Strava on my phone.

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Ah well, when I go running with couchpotato2, her Strava is always short on distance compared to my Garmin GPS watch. I prefer to believe my Garmin 😁

[Couchpotato2 Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

I had to run extra to get all my apps to say 10km last month, the last thing I wanted!

[JaniceG68 Graduate]

Ah well done! You’ve got a good pace going there too! My run today was 8.49 avg pace. I must admit though I’ve been quite fatigued for the rest of today. I put it down to the weather!

[Hidden in reply to JaniceG68]

It was warm! I was running thinking a little shower of rain would be most welcome!!

[Pianism Graduate]

Well done! I think that counts as 5k, yes.

[Hidden in reply to Pianism]

Thank you! Good to hear from you. Grumpyoldgirl said I should count it too as fits well within the margin for error. I’ll take that! 😊

[Pianism Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Absolutely. TBH, my parkrun rarely comes out as quite 5k... always 4.9something. And I most definitely count that.

[Lindsey-joy Graduate]

Yes definitely! I was taught in school (and have always assumed for tax returns) to always round up! That is definitely 5k 👏👏👏

Love your Doggle, very cute!

Mine also refused to run with me unless off the lead in the forestry. On lead never ends well for either of us 😂

[Hidden in reply to Lindsey-joy]

I like your tax return thinking! Rounding up sounds good! Grumpyoldgirl said it fits in the allowed margin for error. Would be nice to see the 5 before the decimal point though.... fingers crossed 🤞🏼 maybe...

[Lindsey-joy Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Oh it will happen.......i can feel it in my bones!

[Granspeed Graduate]

Of COURSE it’s 5K. Brilliant! 🎉👏🏼🎉 Well done you. Congratulations.

[Hidden in reply to Granspeed]

THANK YOU! Love the capitals! 🤗

[Fabat50 Graduate]

Well done Delly Dot. You are still doing great I see. My next run is W8R3 as I repeated R2 as I didn’t complete it first time round. But I am not getting anywhere near 5k so you are doing amazingly well. Definitely count it. Cute dog

[Hidden in reply to Fabat50]

Thank you. It was probably a one-off! Loved you Sydney post. Must have been wonderful to run out there.

[Fabat50 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Loved running in Sydney although I didn’t run very well. But hey ho - still better than being on the couch. Parkrun Tourist 😀