Hi all, I struggled to get my head in the zone for my run today - probs as I knew it went up in duration (week 5 runs are all different)! Did the usual procrastination tactics - charged my phone, looked at my music 🎧 but in the end nothing for it but to get on with it so off I went...🏃♀️
Was gutted that my garmin wouldn’t find the gps 😩 and I really wanted to track my pace on this one..gadgets eh, can’t rely on ‘em!
Next obstacle was two dog walkers standing chatting across the entrance to a very narrow Twitten that I have to run through.. one of the dogs clocked me and started ferociously barking.. no social distancing “excuse me”.. oh my, it’s all going on this morning!! Managed to jog around the obstacle course and off I went and was amazed that I managed the first of the 2 runs with relative comfort, then the 5 long minutes walking break, which only served to get me wondering how I was going to do on the next leg. Mind over matter strikes again..
I also decided (in my infinite wisdom) to run all the way home - up a hill, rather than use the 5 min cool down for the hilly bit..hmm, why did I decided that?! 😂. Anyhow I made it but only just.. I found that one challenging I won’t lie! I then walked another 5 mins up the road and back to cool down, whilst passed by super-speedy runners doing 20mph - ‘I have been running too, honest!’ 😂
All in all, I need to stop overthinking it.. let’s see if I get better at that next time 😉. Post-run pic, hot, sweaty but smiling 😄.
Hope your runs go well this weekend .. 🍀
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Well done! Week 5 is a challenging one so brilliant work getting up and out and tackling it head on! Don’t worry too much about your Garmin/GPS for this run - W5R3 is the best run to get an idea of your pace and distance as it has no walking 😱
BUT by the sounds of your desire to do an additional 5 minutes running (brilliant!) then you’ve got this 💪
Whaaaaat?? No walking?!!! 😱😱😱. To be honest, I think you’re right and in a way it only makes me worry about the next run so actually...bring it on!! 😎🏃♀️👍💪
You didn’t know?!! Oh, you’re one of these brave types who just does as she’s told! I have to look what’s in the pipeline! R3 is going to be the making of us! 😅🙃😅
I too did Week 5 R2 today and I salute you for running uphill on the last leg as I did the complete opposite and ran downhill for the last 8 minutes for fear of not completing the distance. The first bit of my run is up a steady incline on Hampstead Heath and that took a fair bit out of me. I was absolutely exhausted at the end of the first 8 minutes so God knows how I’m going to do 20 minutes without stopping. That 5 minute walk in between the stints was very welcome today. I think it is mind over matter a lot of the time and I’ll have to get my tough head on for Tuesday.
Dodgylungs I will be taking a leaf out of your book for my next run and find a slight downhill route for the last 5 mins or so!
Hampstead Heath sounds divine.. I’m also so lucky with Sussex countryside and South Downs on my doorstep, though I will NEVER be running up those hill! 🤣
Hi honey, well done on getting through. I did w5r3 on Friday and struggled a little bit, particularly because my podcast let me down, so I was alone in my own head🤯. I relaxed into it after about 10 mins and really paced myself.
Week 6 tomorrow, I've had a sneaky peak and it looks very do-able.
Oh shame about your podcast, i do recall you saying about it. Well done for carrying on though as I don’t know what I’d have done! I feel like Jo is holding my hand all the way, amazing how much we rely on our coaches!
Good luck for tomorrow hon, let me know how you get on. X
Well done Sussex13, it definitely is mind over matter, the run at the end I would say was a good idea, I used to do that as I considered it preparation for the runs to come. Stick with it, don’t overthink it, it does get easier trust me 👍🏃♀️
Thank you Couchphoenix, yes you are sooo right about mind over matter! I’ve got to stop listening to my head and get on with it.. Fingers crossed for Tuesday 🤞🤞🤞
Trick I used was to clear my mind of all thoughts when running, if a thought comes into your mind imagine an eraser rubbing it out and blowing it away. Might sound nuts but it works for me. Another important thing is to get your breathing into a good rhythm, nice deep breath in then purse your lips slightly as you breath out, so you breath out slower. You’ll find once your breathing gets into this rhythm that your legs will just keep on going. I hope this helps, I’d be interested to see how you get on 👍🏃♀️
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