Doesn’t always go to plan!!

[Mummycav]

Hello you lovely bunch of runners! Happy new year to you all…I sincerely hope you all had a lovely festive season and are coming back in January full of determination and positivity…that’s what’s happens in January right?? Well…that’s how I started 2024…on W7r3 last time I ran on the 4th but that run was absolute pants so my determination took a real nosedive!

This morning was the start of the new year, new me (again) still searching for that cruise body that’s hiding in there somewhere!! So I dropped my youngest at school & got myself down to the towpath…my favourite place to run, I honestly know it like the back of my hand!!! Like I said, my last run was awful…but…I was full of festive food and drinks, late nights & excuses so def not the best fuel I needed…I didn’t take all that I to consideration this morning when I headed out, I just thought that maybe I needed to go back to week 6 and build up yet again…doing the running and walking, thinking that’s all I would manage. When I got there, I changed my mind..I pressed w8r1 because I looked at the towpath, the weather was perfect (if you’re me or a duck) so I decided to just get on with the programme…and guess what???? Yes, you’re right…I ran the whole 28 mins non stop…I got into my rhythm after about 5 minutes & just ran until Steve spoke to me…every time…2 1/2 mins…5 mins…7 1/2 mins…10 mins…before I knew it I was halfway there…so I turned around and just kept going…my pace wasnt fast but i didnt realise until i started running how much i needed this run…not just for the headspace but just to prove to myself that head and legs don't always agree…here was the Yorkshire grit that I have inside me that just makes me keep going, keep batting on…no matter what , I dig my heels in and keep going..I didn’t switch off because I was listening to podcasts relating to my work but the time flew…

I really, really enjoyed this run because it was so unexpected…I had resigned myself to something less but when I got there all that went out of the window because my legs won over my head…so just because you have one bad run doesn’t always mean you have to take a step back…just keep pushing forwards and see what happens…afterwards my stretches felt so good, stretching is such an important part of running it was like a reward to my muscles that I’d worked hard…

Happy running everyone..just smile and enjoy yourself x

[skysue16 Graduate]

Brilliant, well done 👍 Sounds like a great run 😊

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to skysue16]

The best runs are like this x

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate]

That sounds like the best sort of run. Set out with a very achievable goal and then somehow everything just slots into place and you know you could run forever. Slowly, slowly, enjoy that feeling that everything is working as it should do.

I bet you were buzzing all day!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

I wasn’t going to run this far but just got on with it!! x

[MsFickle]

wow well done Mummycav - I bet you were smiling all day, 😊

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to MsFickle]

I definitely was…I felt like a proper runner all day! 😝

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Enjoying yourself... there is the key... HUGE well done you for getting out there and letting those legs lift you right up ! Brilliant!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you Oldfloss x

[GoogleMe Graduate]

I always feel that going backwards on the programme (even for those who have done it before and have therefore earned the right to jolly well do as they please with it) gives you nothing at all useful and is more about a harsh fearful and inaccurate attitude to 'failure' in running (and the apparent randomness of the running experience too!)

This is a great story and really useful too.

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

🍏I am loving your photo of the V formation!🤣Looks like some of those birds 🦅 didn’t go to plan!

What a great run Yorkshire Lass, your instincts got the run done! Running is full of surprises.. …love the description of your run! Well done!! You are well into the year of the cruise 🚢 now! We are all getting excited for you!

Lovely post & thanks for reminding us how good stretching can feel!

[ktsok Graduate]

What a lovely post - and a lovely run. I like the idea of the ‘towpath run’ - I suspect a few of us have an equivalent run that feels safe/flat/familiar/rewarding, that we can return to when we need it.

Well done that head and those legs and that Yorkshire heart!

[Gthants]

Sometimes it's right to just go for it. What a terrific run! Well done!

[LottieMW Graduate]

brilliant run Mummycav …just what you needed! 👏🏼🏃🏻‍♀️😊

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate]

That’s such a great run. It’s amazing how often the ones that start off with wobbles turn out like that. I was with you all the way reading your post. Gorgeous photo and a super mood boost not just for you but all of us reading it too! ❤️