A Wet 5k but i beat the Gremlins

[Instructor57]

Well, the gremlins were busy this morning !

oh, you don't want to run now, its raining and it's darker than it was a few weeks ago, so when i made my cup of tea at 5:45 i went back to bed !

within 10 minutes i was feeling guilty so drank my tea , smashed the gremlin over the head with my running shoes and fed him to the cat 😂

off i went around 06:45

yes, it was raining , my first run in the rain since before graduation but i was now feeling positive on my warm up walk .

the plan was just to complete another 5K, just consolidating on what i have done since graduation .

Pink floyd on the playlist will help !

so, cool and wet, off we go !

i definitely had the toxic 10 today! if anything maybe toxic 12 or 13 !

but then settled down to what was a comfortable pace , my pace feels naturally better now and i realise it's similar to my last run, 15 minutes in 'Echoes' comes on my playlist , its a 24 minute track so i think ok, i just listen to this and then i will be at my 5K 😬

as it happened , i hit 5K before the track had finished and to my surprise it was the same pace as the last one , i'll take that as i know i could have gone quicker had i wanted too.

so glad i beat that gremlin this morning 😬😈

[sally1993]

Really happy you managed to feed the gremlins to the cat again I have loved running in the rain so far! I find it exhilerating.. hope you enjoyed it anyway sounds like you did! Great pace x

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to sally1993]

Thanks sally, yes it's refreshing running in the rain , take your shower gel with you and its job done ! 😂

[MontyMooDog Graduate]

Another great run there👍 I'm looking forward to running in the rain again to be honest. Keep managing to miss it now for quite a number of weeks. Not looking forward to piles of slippery leaves though come the autumn so will have to pick my venues wisely methinks 😂😀

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog]

Thanks, Hmm.... yes hadn't thought of the autumn leaves 😐

[MontyMooDog Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Managed to come a cropper a few times albeit walking and resulted in yet other slipped discs in my back. So super wary of it now. Come the winter and ice I may resort to running on grass with cross country spikes as I really don't want to go down the treadmill route?

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog]

OUCH !

hmm.... No, I wouldn't want to use a treadmill either !

[Fifitrixiebell73 Graduate]

Well done Ian!

I'm looking forward to running in the rain again 🙊 I've really struggled in the heat 🥵

The cat is being well fed these days too 🐈

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Fifitrixiebell73]

Yes, I enjoyed it 😁

And the cat is now sleeping off her breakfast 😂😺

[Birdlady64 Graduate]

Well done! You're rattling out the 5km runs now 😁

The Gremlins are out in force today though - let's say the snooze button was deployed once or twice 💤🛌

Bright sun and a cool 18 degrees here when I eventually forced myself out.

Managed 5k in 40 seconds less than last week in my new shoes 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Haha excellent !

Nice to improve with new shoes 😁👍

[PhoenixRise Graduate]

Fab run and pace! My 👺 is saying the same things about the rain but I’ll soon hit him over the head and feed him to the cat too! 💪

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to PhoenixRise]

Haha, nice one 😂😺

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Well done, Ian! 👏👍 Good, solid run and knowing you could go faster. Although I would be ecstatic if I ever achieved that pace 😀.

I had a half-formed thought about the you-don’t-want-to-get-up gremlin; but I got up quickly and dived into the shower before he had a chance to materialise! It was pretty dark at 4.30, but not raining and the air quality was pretty good, too.

Good to see you get another 5K! 👏👏👏

Any twinges from your injury?

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thanks Jools , the run was fine ,

I'm not really aware of any problem when I'm running now, I still have a little discomfort after the run but the physio said that's to be expected.

I think my pace is at its optimum at the moment, so I'm not going to try and push it further.

I am looking to increase distance though with ju ju,'s magic 10 plan/group 😬

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Sounds like a plan. I was looking at that, but then I went and ran for an hour so I kind of ruined it 🙄

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

Not really, you can do distance not time !

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

That’s true - but for the time being I’ve taken most of my focus away from distance as I was finding it too much. I could always decide to do it later 😊👍

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

Yes of course !

You can do it anytime if you wanted , you can get the plan and do it on your own , in fact, that was my initial thought but last night decided to ask to join the group 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

The reason I am doing it is actually to improve my 5k time 😂😂😂

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

It’s better to do it within a group if you can! And I’m sure it won’t be long for you to improve your 5K once your injury is fully healed 😀👍

[Tiny3001 Graduate]

well done for managing to beed the blues and go!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Tiny3001]

Thank you 😁👍

[Tiny3001 Graduate]

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[Tiny3001 Graduate]

I cant believe I still got beat wrong...it's been a long morning!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Tiny3001]

Haha, I hadn't noticed 😂😂😂

[Roxdog Graduate]

Sounds like a great run, despite the rain

Great pace for the 5k too!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

Thank you !

It was fun (I think 😂)

[Roxdog Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Yes, the toxic ten is not fun! Thoughts in first few minutes;

Why am I doing this?

I can't run

I am not a runner

Why am I doing this?

I might just go home

And then, like magic everything suddenly feels great! 😂

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

That just about sums it up ! 😂

[Tinytears60 Graduate]

Well done Mister!... Those Gremlins are a pain in the butt aren't they!.... You've got the better of them tho! Well done!

5k at an awesome pace!.. no stopping you now!

Toxic 10 - sometimes it feels i have the toxic 20!....

I'm envious of your pace!... especially as you said you had more in the tank to draw from!... You got this!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Tinytears60]

Thanks Jane ,

I still ache a bit after the run though so im reluctant to push the pace

[Tinytears60 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Do NOT be pushing Mister- the pace you are doing is amazing from the injury you recovered from so ...... continue in the same way... its working for you!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Tinytears60]

Yes miss 😬

[f1madman Graduate]

Never would've guessed you had an injury, you're flying now!... Let alone able to go faster?

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to f1madman]

Thanks, I still feel if afterwards though 😐