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6K on a beautiful day!

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Today’s run was easily one of my favourite runs yet! It was a beautiful day and I had the day off work so I decided instead of running my usual road route, I’d make the effort to head to the nearby canal/river and run there instead. It was a good decision! :)

The first part of the run is on a nice canal path so it’s lovely and flat and very pleasant to run on. Eventually the canal meets the river. The path along the river is just a dirt path so you have to watch your footing a little bit more but it’s still far nicer than the road. More importantly, when I got to the river the scenery was absolutely beautiful. The sun was shining and I was surrounded by trees and fields. Across the river was a big field of horses and I saw a heron chilling out by the water which was pretty cool! I wish I could have stopped to take a photo but I was on a roll so! 😂 I was greeted by the occasional dog walker and even exchanged smiles with a lady kayaking along the river :)

I was enjoying myself so much that I decided today was the day I’d run a little bit further. I usually aim for 5K so I thought why not go for 6K? I was sure I could do it and I had a nice pace going on so I went for it. I managed to do it in just under 40 minutes which I was pretty pleased with. But in fairness the numbers really weren’t the takeaway from this run. It was just a lovely experience. It’s runs like this that make me so glad that I started C25K ☺️

Happy running! 😁

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nowster profile image
nowsterGraduate

Great run, especially as you enjoyed it. 👍

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HexGirlGraduate in reply to nowster

Thank you! I really did :) the glorious weather certainly helped :)

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nowsterGraduate in reply to HexGirl

It's great when the sun is bright (but not in your eyes), the temperature is not too warm, and there's a gentle cooling breeze.

The joy of running! I am at work, feeling jealous😑

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HexGirlGraduate in reply to

Oh noooo, I hope you get out early enough to take advantage of this lovely day and squeeze a run in yourself! 🤞

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CI578Graduate

Great going and that time was fab 👍👍👍

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HexGirlGraduate in reply to CI578

Thank you so much! ☺️

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itselenaxGraduate

I think the weather helps so much with enjoying a run! Beautiful picture x

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HexGirlGraduate in reply to itselenax

I completely agree! When the weather is rubbish I’m almost always in a bad mood before I’ve even started the run 😂 thank you! I honestly wish you could have seen how beautiful it was along the river! I’ll have to walk down there at some point and get some snaps 😊 x

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SassyFGraduate

Lovely post! What a great run you had ☀️😀

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HexGirlGraduate in reply to SassyF

Thank you! I’m going to be running that route more often I think! 😊

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Lacuocabionda

It is days like that that I can forget about all the worlds problems. Admittedly I haven’t run beyond week 3 yet but I love to walk especially when the weather is sunny and being amongst nature just adds to the experience. Thanks for sharing the happy vibes.

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