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At last 4K!!!

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Was really looking forward to my run this morning but after 10 mins or so when the toxic 10 was still in force I was dubious if I would make it to 30 minutes. I still run with week 9 playing ( comfort blanket) and when Laura said “ I expect you’re feeling a bit tired now” I said “ yes I flipping am Laura!!! ”. Glad there was no one around at the time. In fact I only saw 1 other runner and a dog walker on my way out and a couple with their dog and one stray man wandering when I was walking home.

I was channelling my inner #Kimmy Schmidt this morning and she says “ you can do anything for 30 seconds” and then you do another 30 seconds etc so I was doing that with each 5 minutes. And then I glanced at my watch and saw 3.4k and I thought I’m fed up of not quite making 4K so when Laura said “that’s it you can walk now” I carried in until my watch said 4k.

It DID take me 32:44 mins which is no great speed but I feel I have ticked off another milestone and I am determined to get back to regularly running 5ks again in the not too distant future.

Oh and I wore my Flamingo leggings in honour of this lovely Spring weather we are having

# look up the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt if you are bored. I think it’s one of the few American comedy series that actually makes me laugh out loud. That and Brooklyn Nine Nine.

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Mixedbaggy profile image
MixedbaggyGraduate

Omg that's great, I just hit 3.8km this morning but my new route was all log slow incline, I'm gonna take your inspiration on the last run of this and hit the 4km thanks for sharing.

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Buddy34Graduate

Great running limberlou and your leggings are cracking, so cheery🦩🦩

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limberlouGraduate in reply to Buddy34

Thanks they’re great aren’t they.? Good old Groupon

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GranspeedGraduate

The flamingoes win! Hurrah! 🎉👏🏼🎉🏃🏼‍♀️🎉 That 4K is a great milestone to pass on your journey. 👍😄🎶🎵🎶

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limberlouGraduate in reply to Granspeed

I was beginning to think I would never get back to any distance. Cannot believe I ran 21k back in August. That virus I had for 3, nearly 4 months really wiped me out.🤞I don’t get this one ... unless that was an early taster of it ☹️

Would be interested to know if it was...

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GranspeedGraduate in reply to limberlou

Ha. There’s a thought. Or maybe it’s the next one and you’re waaaay ahead. 🤣 Anyway, glad you’re better now. 👏🏼🎉

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roseabi

Good stuff, and love the trousis!! xxx

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limberlouGraduate in reply to roseabi

Thanks- I do too 😁

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dieOR5kGraduate

Omg those flamingo tights are wonderful. I’m sure they kept you on your feet. Well don.

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limberlouGraduate in reply to dieOR5k

They feel really soft and almost peachy too. I love them

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