5th consolidation- tackled my demons

[Grannyhugs]

I've spent 24 hrs making excuses for not doing today's route. All my demons in 1. Commuter traffic and high overgrown verges, hills, woods, gates, mud, dogs. Conquered them all by slowing down. I now know I can run from home and I can run for 40mins. Happy me

[Fatgirlslim19 Graduate]

Great stuff, well done Grannytobe 😊

Being able to run from home makes things much easier!

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to Fatgirlslim19]

Sure does, far better for the environment too and the shower is waiting at the end 👍

[Fatgirlslim19 Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

And a nice hot cup of tea!

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to Fatgirlslim19]

And porridge and fruit, cant eat till after a run. Happy running to you

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Great you got out and ran Grannytobe. Even with your brain telling you not to. Bet you feel great now 😊😊

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks, I knew I'd run somewhere it was the location which was the problem. Today's run was for you while you recover from your op. I hope you enjoyed it. How is the arm?

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Hand is okay just a bit achy still plan to run on Friday. 😊😊

[DottyF Graduate]

40 minutes that’s brilliant

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to DottyF]

Thank you, challenge increasing time after all the 30 min runs but it was raining so I wanted hime😉

[DottyF Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Fair enough 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Wow that’s fantastic, we are still going somewhere to run and i’m toying with the idea of just running out the door

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

I hope that's running out the door for a planned run not because life is hard and you're running away😉 it was great to start and finish on my doorstep

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Since reading that we went for a quick whiz out the door and back, we didn’t have time for a proper warm up walk and went off too fast but it was fun, our problem is too many little roads so keep crossing and up and down curbs so will probably still go to the park with a track or along the beach. Never running away although running away from work would be wonderful some days

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Keep safe and do your warm down stretches. X

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

Are doing followed by a hot bath before work

[backintime Graduate]

don't forget your warm up and cool down, they are still important

I walk 5-10 minutes to the place I want to run from then stop 5-10 minutes from home and walk back - those muscles really do need to be warmed up first (at least mine do)

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to backintime]

Thanks backintime I did dynamic stretches at home, then walked up steep hill to main road. Did plenty stretches on return after. Before c25k when I had gym membership I'd go and quite happily do stretch and strength every time rather than any cardio so its the cardio part which is new to me. Always like lots of reminders and advice though thank you

[backintime Graduate in reply to Grannyhugs]

I wasn't trying to teach Granny(to be) to suck eggs It just sounded like you were running right out the door and running right to your door

[Grannyhugs Graduate in reply to backintime]

You have more faith in my ability to move from stationary than I warrant. Grannies get old and creaky and I often need to warm up just to get up from sitting so I don’t look like a bent old woman😉 far to almost 50 years skiing hard and furious play havoc to hips and knees. Thanks again for looking out for me and anyone else reading the posts will see the advice too so definitely required.

[Longarm Graduate]

There will always be excuses just another obstacle to over come. Keep it going and good luck