Week 8 - DONE!

[NearlyMan]

Been out this dinner time and completed the final run of week 8. I have found this week really tough, I posted earlier in the week about struggling with routine this week, and not drinking enough or eating at the right times. I didn’t drink enough water yesterday, and I didn’t eat much this morning before going out about 12:30. I went out for a meal and a few beers last night so was half expecting to not finish this run... but I did it and it was best so far this week - perhaps not in terms of distance but definitely in that I wasn’t willing the finish line along for the last 8 minutes, I actually felt like I could have carried on.

Whilst out running today I had a sudden realisation that this is the product of only 8 weeks work - I cant believe I only started running on the 1st August.

Now that I enter the final week of the plan, I have to start giving serious thought to my further progression. My initial target is to run the Huddersfield 10k in February. I’m also a bit apprehensive that around December my running pattern will be thrown all over the shop and I think I’ll do well to just get out for a run on a weekend. There’s a lot of ground to be covered before then but it’s one of the things making me anxious about my next steps. I don’t want all this effort to have been for nothing - I promised myself when I started this plan that I would only do it once, and I want to stick to that.

I think it really is just going to have to be a case of wait and see how things go, and try not to get too worried about things that haven’t happened yet.

Anyway, I ended up down a bit of a rabbit hole there, I do tend to when I start one of these.

Enjoyed my run, hope you all are doing too.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great , you've now completed wk8. It's brilliant when you get a run that just feels so good. Try not to worry too much about all that is in front of you . Just try to enjoy your running. Well done you 😊

[NearlyMan Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Yes I think that’s what I’ve taken out of my big ramble too, Buddy!

I’ve got up to around 3.7km this week so think I might be up to around 4km by the end of next week. First task has got to be to get to 5km. I’ll do a week or so of 33 min runs after week 9 and see where I am then.

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to NearlyMan]

Just don't put too much pressure on yourself . As I said try to enjoy it and be so proud of what you've achieved already.

[Vicjo Graduate]

Excellent news NearlyMan! We must have been out at the same time today and on the same run! I started on 30th July so we must also be both on track to complete next weekend!

Go for it! See you at the end of Week 9 !!!!

[Annieapple Graduate]

Oh that’s great that you enjoyed it!!! Week 9 is great too...just getting out there & running!! It’s good to have goals but it’s better to enjoy each run as it happens too. 👍👏😁