After all the excitement of graduating on Friday I woke up this morning at 04.45 and got out of bed immediately without debating with myself whether to go out and run! (Thanks PlymBorn, this was down to your motivational post!)
First decision - should I keep with Michael? I decided not to. I’ve graduated and don’t need him any more. I’ve moved on! I said my goodbyes, thanked him for all his help and promised we would keep in touch!
Second decision - should I stick with the riverbank ‘there and back’ route, or go with the circular route I walked yesterday? I decided on the new route!
Technical hitch - although Garmin is still down, I wanted to record the run on my watch. I can glance at it and see how long I’ve been running. It wouldn’t acquire a gps signal! So - fell back on Strava and set it to tell me after each kilometre. That would at least give me an idea.
So - off I went! It felt strangely free to be running without Michael’s commentary and running round the village! I felt like a real runner 😀. First kilometre went by quickly and was a good pace. Kicked the toxic 10 gremlin into touch! Second kilometre was a struggle. I was running through long grass and it was hard work. It slowed me down and I will modify the route in the future so it doesn’t include that stretch. The third kilometre I was back on the road and recovering; it felt really good to be running on the road! I haven’t done that before. Followed a track and I was out on a tarmac lane parallel to the river. I was into the fourth kilometre. Carried on and feeling good!
I take out my mobile. 3.5 kilometres with a few minutes left! Inspired by our Princess TT, I make the decision to carry on until I get to 4K - surely I can do it?! I feel excited and plod on! I am really tiring now and I take out my mobile again - 3.8K! So close! I would have walked that last bit, just to see 4K 😀, but I had just enough left before the announcement from Strava! Yesssss!
Can’t believe I ran for 4K! 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
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Amazing - well done you!! I prefer it almost without the trainer now. I appreciated them at the time but feel like I can listen to my music uninterrupted and I’m not focused on the time whatsoever. Well done for getting to 4K on your first consolidation, you’ll be reaching 5K in no time - or even longer 😊
Thank you. You will! I see you’re doing W6 R3 next! That’s a 25 minute run, you’re nearly there with that! A few repeats, then a small increase, few repeats and that’s it! 👍
Thank you! It was only on the last kilometre that I thought I could make it if I ran on for a few more minutes! Yes, first time 4K! Previously I managed 3.67K, but didn’t feel I could run any more on that occasion. This time, inspired by your post, I ran for an extra 3 minutes or so 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
I've become attached to Michael ..... I do need to start cutting the apron strings tho... all in good time!... I actually don't trust myself to run for 30 minutes without him!.. silly or what! ...
Have the best day lovely!... you deserve it on your running journey ..... I'm just looking at a running bracelet.. something to commemorate my graduation run ... It was Tipee that gave me the idea.. they are very reasonably priced too ... x
Amazing Jools! First post graduation run ... no Michael ... and you ran your furthest !! Well done ! ... and well, not only a runner ... but a graduate too ! ... and a road runner ... and free to run how and when you wish !
😀 yes, indeed! Thank you. I had to run on a few minutes though for the 4K. Did not think I would be doing that today, especially when I was running through the long grass! My first kilometre was a PB! I certainly felt a sense of freedom. Looking forward to modifying that route and finding a few more. I need the technology to be on board as well!!! 😬
Thank you so much! I was SO pleased it made my day. Before I graduated (like last week!) running there and back along the bank was just the easiest thing to do, to get the job done! but now I want more variety! It’s liberating running a different route without Michael! 😘 x
Just seen this. Well done Jools. Ran my first consolidation run today and had a few technical hiccups. Will post about it at the end of the week. Keep up the good work 👍😂😀
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