Weekly Virtual 5K

[Jools2020]

Last Saturday I did a slow run for an hour, keeping in the Zone 3 heart rate zone. I enjoyed it so much that I did the same thing today. Because I had adjusted my maximum heart rate in the settings since my last run, I was running very slightly faster as I tried to keep in the middle of the zone. Towards the end, I did encroach very slightly into Zone 4 as I was singing along to my music 🎶 and lost concentration for a bit! It was good not to feel exhausted after running; I almost felt I was cheating! Not even out of breath, even though the air was quite heavy this morning.

This run wasn’t about the distance covered, but because I was running very slightly faster, I did achieve 6K in the hour that I ran. So Strava told me it was my longest run, which satisfied my competitive spirit! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

I felt good on this run. I’ve found that I really enjoy running slowly and will be doing this once a week. Run slower to run faster is what they say!

So here is my offering for MontyMooDog’s Weekly Virtual 5K! Photo shows the flat landscape of the fens, taken from the end of the Deadend Track!

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Great run Jools , it a good run to do weekly !

And will absolutely help your pace on faster runs as well.

As we know , Running slowly makes faster runners 😬👍

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Thanks, Ian! That is my master plan 😀

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

I know 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Then I will surprise everybody 😂

[MccHa Graduate]

Well done Jools 👏👏👏 1 hour run is a long time really 🏃‍♀️ Hope no blisters yet 😂😂😂

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to MccHa]

Thank you 🙏. No blisters yet, I’ve been lucky so far 😂

[MontyMooDog Graduate]

That's a great photo there and many thanks for your contribution towards the Weekly Virtual 5K challenge👍 It's nice in a way to think that a few of us recent graduates are running together in a fashion over this extended weekend🏃👍😀

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog]

Thanks and yes, I was thinking of others running this morning as well 😀

[MontyMooDog Graduate]

TIP... Edit your post and add a TOPIC of "Weekly Virtual 5K" ( scroll down the list) and resubmit your post.

If you then go into TOPICS (on the right hand side of the main screen under PINNED POSTS) and choose "Weekly Virtual 5K" you will see all our challenge posts in one place !!

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog]

Done - I think!

[PlymBorn]

Well done Julia 👏👏👏 ... another 60 min run ... amazing stuff !

I do recall someone saying not that long ago that they thought it would be a long time before they would be able to run 5k ... let alone an hour .... who was that I wonder ... 🤔🤔😂😂

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to PlymBorn]

😂 maybe me!

[PlymBorn in reply to Jools2020]

From memory I think it was ... 😂😂

[MontyMooDog Graduate in reply to PlymBorn]

You and me alike... 😂🤣😆

[Birdlady64 Graduate]

Great run!

I see why it's called deadend track!

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

It’s quite a long track, approaching 1 km, so useful for extending a number of different routes around the village.

[Scout37 Graduate]

I love slow running!

Your run sounds fab. Keep enjoying...

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Scout37]

Thank you, I will ! 😊

[Hareshaw-Granny Graduate]

Great post and well done.

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Hareshaw-Granny]

Thank you 🙏