Week 5 Run 1 - A Bit of a Struggle To be Honest

[Birdlady64]

The snooze gremlins got me this morning. 👿💤 so it had to me a lunchbreak run.

It was cold, damp and misty out and I really didn't feel like it - energy levels were really low and I almost didn't go. This is the first time I haven't been enthusiastic about going for a run since I restarted c25k.

I kitted up and started my dynamic warmup routine. Then my boss rang me. By the time I finished the call, completed my warmup and faffed around a bit more it was much later than I'd intended.

It's run 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, run 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, run 5 minutes today.

Oh my goodness!!! That second 5 minute run was so laboured and was actually slower than both my warmup and cooldown walk!!! 🥵

However, come the third and final run interval I felt better, and was almost easing into things by the time Denise Lewis told me to slow down to a walk.

By the time I got home I had just enough time to log back onto the laptop and open Zoom, before the start of my conference call. Thankfully I only had to listen to a presentation, so did my post-run stretches in front of the laptop - double checking to make sure my webcam was switched off. 😂

The photos were taken last week - in much better weather - on a walk through a different part of the wood which has also been coppiced.

[dreamrun Graduate]

I’m glad things perked up for you Birdlady64 in the third interval! It made me laugh re the stretches and checking the webcam - I can imagine that featuring on YouTube somewhere if not!

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to dreamrun]

Hmm - yes. I could be infamous!😱

[Hidden]

Well done on your perseverance. 👏👏

It would have been funny if someone had recorded you on zoom if you left the camera on 🙈🙉🙊😃

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thanks! Funny ha ha! I did triple check, especially before I did the ones that require me to lie on the floor with my knees up against my chest 🤣

[Hidden in reply to Birdlady64]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😃😃😃😃😂

[Instructor57 Graduate]

A bit of a struggle but you did it !Well done !

I often find if I don't get out at the time I had planned then it really seems to mess things up ! 😐

Are you sure your webcam was off while you did your stretches 🤔🤣🤣🤣

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Ha ha Ian! I really hope so as it wouldn’t have been pretty

[nowster Graduate]

Sadly, most of the Zoom calls I'm in I have to be visible. And I keep cutting it very fine with the run timings too.

My "really didn't like it" run in C25K was the W4R3 one in drizzle. In contrast, the W5R1 one was on a bright, fresh summer morning, and that really lifted my spirits.

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to nowster]

First time round it was mostly nice summer weather and I used to run after work so no time pressures.I don't really like running in my lunchbreak as I find it quite stressful

[nowster Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Agreed. Having to fit a run in within a narrow time window can be very stressful.

[Roxdog Graduate]

Well done for sticking to your run day today, despite the delays. I expect the late start and lack of energy impacted a bit. But by the end your energy had returned, so that's great. Looks like a beautiful run too!

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

Thanks Roxdog. I was actually starting to enjoy it by the end, which is definitely a good sign.

[skysue16 Graduate]

Pesky gremlins, they have been visiting me too 😠. And zoom meetings……yes probably a good idea to turn off the camera 😆. Lovely photo. We’ve had some lovely crispy, frosty mornings here in Somerset- love bright sunny winter days 😊

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to skysue16]

Bright cold still sunny days are my favourite kind of winter weather but we seem to mostly get damp grey murk and wind

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate]

Well done getting out there, I find January to February the hardest time to stay motivated. That first week 5 run does challenge your stamina I think - the 3 minute walk, while you need the recovery time, is also long enough to make starting the second run feel particularly hard work.