Keeping up the baseline, run. Run 34 post graduation.

[Plattszo]

Hi everybody 👋👋

It's been a tough few weeks, what with work/kids/dark evenings/painful knees (a Christmas decorating 🌲🎁 injury!!!). My running efforts have left a lot to be desired... I am sorry to say...... 😔😔

But I have to remind myself, I am a busy full time working Mum.... and as Tinytears would say, cut myself some slack... BUT I am afraid of losing my fitness and having to go back to earlier weeks on C25K.

So, today I was feeling OK with nothing to stop me (and also had no plausible excuses) and with the need to prep myself for the 5K Santa dash next weekend, I set off in my red devils coat and did 30 mins today.

My second run in the last 4 weeks, I covered 3.75K. I am planning 30 mins mid-week and 5K next Sunday.... in my blue Santa outfit, and all being well with a little Elf in tow Tinytears60 🤶🎅 and MccHa running on board his ship!

#reddevilsrock

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Good luck to you Plattszo on next week's 5K Santa Dash, that run is for fun, not to see if you can get a PB, take it slow and steady, most of all enjoy it. 😊 🤶🎶🎄

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

This is very true!! My fitness can't be where it was, I am trying to help myself finish 5k in a blummin great big warm outfit!! 👀

[nowster Graduate]

So you're Liverpool and your Santa's Tranmere? Contentious! 🤣

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to nowster]

I don't have a team myself but I am on the Wirral and husband is Evertonian!! Also, I thought, why not?! Something a bit different.... 😁😁

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

Well done my Red Devil’s running chum, great to see your post and hear your managing to get out there and run when you can. Looking forward to hearing all about your Santa Run adventure. I’m sure you’ll have Santa’s little helper Tinytears60 in tow if there’s bling on offer, which I know there is 🏅😂

#reddevilsrock

[MccHa Graduate]

You can do this Plattszo 💪👏👏👏 💪hope all goes well 👍 remember I will be running with you virtually onboard and I’m sure our princess 👸 Tinytears60 is coming along as well 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🤞🤞🤞

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to MccHa]

Awwww, yey!! With all the kerfuffle with lockdiwn, the run was postponed, so I'm glad you can still make it. Will probably start at about 10am (it IS Sunday, after all) 😉😁😁 will be great to have you out there with me/us x

[Rennur Graduate]

Christmas decorating injury - please expand! Great to hear you back in harness.

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to Rennur]

Oh, just using a chair to put the old fashioned 80's decs on the ceiling... you know the type, foil ones.... first time up this year in my own home, thought it would be a bit kitsch/retro!! The chair was a bit too tall for me and put lots of strain on my left knee and ended up with searing pains through it for a couple.of days. So couldn't run last weekend. 🥴

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Well done, Zoe! 👏👏👏👏 You do have to cut yourself some slack. Any time you can get out there is a bonus! Good luck with the Santa dash 👍

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

Thank you Jools! I desperately don't want to lose it and have to work on the plan again... only because I would be disappointed with myself for letting it go...

Counting down the days until the nights start drawing out again..... 21st December is the shortest day if I remember rightly from school.... so.... 9 more sleeps..... ⏰

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Plattszo]

Yes, not too long now until the shortest day. 😊

[Rennur Graduate]

well a least you didn't use a swivel chair - yes I have done in the recent past.

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to Rennur]

😁😁🤣

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Well done on getting out there in prep for your Santa dash 🎅 ! 👍

Looking forward to seeing the pics of you in your blue Santa outfit and

Tinytears60 as an elf 😂

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

It will be fun... I've got a number and everything... 😆 V. Exciting.

[Rennur Graduate]

Being positive sunset starts getting later after today. By the shortest day (21st) it is 2.5 minutes later. Early birds have to wait until about the 30th for sunrise to get earlier - not that I will worry about running at sunrise!

[Plattszo Graduate in reply to Rennur]

Oooh , thanks.... very useful to know!! Waa not aware of that!!

[nowster Graduate in reply to Plattszo]

Solar noon wanders a lot during the year. It varies by up to 20 minutes from "clock noon". That's why there's a mismatch of the sunrise/sunset times progression. There are two different effects combined.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equat...

[Tinytears60 Graduate]

Yeyyyy - you got out there and you did it!....... Well done lovely! <3 xx