CR 9 and 10 👊🙌🥴🤣🥳

[MinnieMoo55]

Only managing 2 runs a week right now due to work and weather 🌧💦💨💨; the rest of my week is spent sitting on my arse and doing so few steps that’s it’s embarrassing to record! 😱😩

I’m not sure I can even remember much about CR9 except that I did run for 30 minutes and was achieving around 11.09 per mile.

BUT, the real purpose of this post is to be able to say that I finally did 5k... 🙌🏃‍♀️🥳 in fact I did 5.44k and possibly could have carried on but knew I had to do the cool down walk before I got home.

Couchphoenix mentioned in a post today that he used to feel anxiety at the start of a 🏃‍♀️ and it’s so the case for me too... and I don’t know why...scared of failure as I hate to set myself a target and then not hit it 😒😧 so the run 😈 come out in force even though I know it’s bonkers as the only person I’m competing against is me? Probably...

I didn’t set out to do 5k incidentally, setting a NRC for 35 minutes with Coach Bennett.

I started off gently as I’m only doing 2 runs a week.

New sounds in my ears (bit of Elbow, Waterboys etc) with a slower beat helped me to relax and the tunes were so cool that I got a bit irritated as CB wittered on interrupting.

At 25 minutes I was starting to feel it and again there was a fleeting moment of anxiety and🏃‍♀️😈

Let me just get to 30 minutes I told myself. At 30 minutes I understood how great CB is as he told me I was doing well and only had 5 minutes to go, and because he was wittering it made the time fly 😂🤣

Just before 35 minutes CB told me that if I didn’t want to stop at 35 minutes all I had to do was resume the stop clock. How bad would that be I said to myself? I’ll just run to 37 minutes 😆

At 37 minutes I said to myself, this is still ok 👍 so maybe try for 40 minutes as surely I would get to 5k with that...

At just over 40 minutes I stopped to cool down elated and surprised 😆😂 after all, 15 minutes previously I’d almost decided I had to stop!! 🤚🤣

Pace slower at over 12 minutes per mile but right now I’m just savouring the moment and I really don’t care 😂😜

So now I just need to sleep, eat, 🏃‍♀️, repeat a few times and then won’t feel an imposter if I start bridge to 10k 😁

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

💪🏻 Brilliant! Glad to hear CB’d wittering helped you reach your goal in the end plus more besides, well done 👏🏻 👏🏻 definitely NOT an imposter and just like you, on the days I don’t run my Fitbit seems to be on my wrist just for show 🙈

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to Couchphoenix]

My Fitbit definitely makes me feel very guilty for not getting to at least 7,000 steps a day 😆

[Maz1103 Graduate in reply to MinnieMoo55]

Oh god me too. I walked/ran miles in the first lockdown but now I'm back to work, on non run days I sit down nearly all day. When I get home it's dark and miserable so I cba to go out!! My fitbit is set to 8000 but that's a joke on non run days at the moment. Roll on spring 🏃‍♀️😁

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to Maz1103]

From Dec 21st shortest day onwards I’m counting the extra minutes of daylight! 😂

[Bambi2020 Graduate]

Well done- it’s so hard when you have lots of work on- I feel the same- the last thing you want to do is go out and do a run at night in the cold. But the benefits tempt you out and make it worthwhile- it’s not always enjoyable at the time but it is when you’ve completed the 30mins. 🙂👍🏻

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to Bambi2020]

Thank you Bambi2020 and it’s so good to know that no matter how much you love running getting out in the cold and dark is definitely mind over matter! 😊

[RacingintheStreet Graduate]

Well done you 👌 and as CB says it’s distance or pace , can’t go for both in one run 👍🏃‍♀️ today was a very good distance 🥳🥳

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to RacingintheStreet]

I do quite like the slower pace where I can actually look around me and enjoy the 🏃‍♀️ 😊

[Jools2020 Graduate]

That sounds fantastic, well done! 👏👏👏👍

Certainly doesn’t matter about the pace. You ran for 40 minutes! 👍

You could extend that gradually, of course - keeping it nice and slow. Just extend the one run by 5-10 minutes each week. That’s what I did and that’s how I gradually got to 10K at my snail’s pace. 😀

I get a bit anxious before every run 😀

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thank you Jools2020. When I first graduated I felt I had to run for 30 minutes regardless of what else was happening because ‘those were the rules’! Now I feel as though I can slowly chill out and mix it up a bit. In the working week I’m finding it harder to get out for 30 minutes and so I have been looking back at what Roseabi said when I graduated. Doing a 20-25 minute run Wednesday, 30-35 minute run Friday and then a longer run over the weekend might work well 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to MinnieMoo55]

I know exactly what you mean, I felt the same. What you are suggesting sounds great. (I’m a bit biased towards longer runs as they work so well for me😀)

[nowster Graduate]

I still feel a little bit of an impostor on Bridge to 10K. Maybe I'll feel more at home when I get to 6km at the end of the month.

Your 40 minutes and 5km is nothing to be looked down on either. 👍

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to nowster]

6k will be good going😁. I’ll keep my fingers crossed 🤞😊

[nowster Graduate in reply to MinnieMoo55]

The next long run I've planned is for 5⅔km. (Probably Wednesday.) It'll depend on how that goes whether I do the 6km one three runs or two runs after that.

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to nowster]

I’ll keep an eye on the forum and will be rooting for you 😊

[Buzzbeebh Graduate]

Congratulations 🎉🎉 I know the feeling of anxiety you mean at the start of a run. I didn’t feel it at the start of the smaller runs, have started feeling it lately. You kept at it and will now be normalised to the 5k, onwards & upwards! Best wishes for your runs. Good music choice! 🎼🏃🏽‍♀️🌈

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to Buzzbeebh]

Thank you Buzzbeebh 😁

I think we get anxious because we care about this running 🏃‍♀️ lark! 🙃

[RamblingMe Graduate]

I'm in awe! 30 minutes is still my absolute limit. So well done!

[MinnieMoo55 Graduate in reply to RamblingMe]

It’s taken me a while to get over that time barrier so I’m sure you’ll do it 😊

I’ve come to realise after yesterday that for me, the trick is just not to force it 😁 that way hopefully the anxiety 🏃‍♀️😈 will stop too

[Dups Graduate]

You have done great👏👏slow pace or fast pace, doesn’t matter as long as you enjoy 😂

Who is CB?

[Dexy5 Graduate]

Well done on your first 5k. Make sure that you are comfortable with that before moving on to the bridge to 10k. Main thing, enjoy your running.

[TotalNewbie1 Graduate]

This is brilliant, well done and it is an achievement to be celebrated. I use Nike run club and set it for less than I would like to do so I don’t feel a failure when I stop, and don’t push myself so I am over doing it. Think that may say more about me 🤣🤣🤪