W7 completed!

[Phdgranny]

Beautiful morning if a little cold, forest was lovely. Legs were stiff when I set off as I did a lower body strength class yesterday so took it gently at first and they did ease off. Before joining this community I would have given up at the first twinge reinforcing my belief that “I can’t run”. Tia seems to have got over her nervousness and trotted along beside me for the whole run. Couldn’t resist topping when my 25 mins were up to take some pictures but then walked for about 15 minutes. Just before I finished two ladies passed me and I thought I wish I looked that good at the end of my run! As I was leaving the forest path they were standing at the entrance chatting, I had a chat with them and they were so nice and encouraging. One had just run a half marathon. She said a couple of years ago she had been just where I am now! The running community is great x

[Sadie-runs Graduate]

Oh that looks like a lovely place to run! And well done on your run. I have met and chatted with so many runners since I first started over 2 years ago. It is a lovely community. I think that we runners get a little obsessive about our sport, so the chance to chat with other runners about, erm, running, is always eagerly grabbed! 😂

[Phdgranny Graduate in reply to Sadie-runs]

Thank you and I still use the word runner rather loosely to describe my slow trot!

[Sadie-runs Graduate in reply to Phdgranny]

If you are not walking, then you are a runner in my book. x

[Fionamags Graduate]

What a great run that was and in a beautiful spot too. Well done on finishing week7 - not long to go now!!!!