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I don’t want to jinx it but it felt like spring out there 😊

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I have caught up with my old friend running this week after a a sporadic start to the year. Three things have been against me sticking to my schedule

- nanny duties ( an absolute pleasure but it has been a tricky few weeks with him; after a difficult birth and feeding issues, he’s just one of those babies who doesn’t settle but finally I think we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel 🤞🏼)

-being short staffed at work ( not such a pleasure 😉) has meant extra long days and frankly I’ve been too done in to run after I get home.

- the weather!😡 now, I’m a great believer in no such thing as bad weather but I can’t remember such a miserable and WINDY start to the year as we’ve had. I absolutely loathe running in wind .

Anyway I dodged the hurricanes ( I exaggerate) earlier in the week and did a couple of short runs, and as a reward woke up to a perfect morning today. Ebony got excited as soon as she saw me get the Aftershokz out but she was jumping the gun because I was only charging them. Luckily they charge really quickly and not long after out we went to a beautiful sunny morning with absolutely NO WIND! Only one place to be on such a lovely day so off we trotted down the beach. Because the sun was still quite low our shadows amused me! Honestly on Thursday night I could barely stand up against the wind, Ebony’s ears were a-flapping and the sea was crashing: today it was a millpond 😊

I love my old friend running and wish I hadn’t been so neglectful of her but as I said in Floss’s changing room chat earlier this week, like a true good friend we just pick up again where we left off. I’ve got a niggling thought in the back of my head that maybe I should do bridge to 10K or something so I’ve got a program to follow again , which might keep me on the straight and narrow, although I don’t really have a burning desire to run 10k. I might consult Coach B ❤️ and see what he thinks, but I’d welcome your thoughts too! 😃

Enjoy the Easter weekend I hope it’s as nice where you are as it is here 😎

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🍏🤗 oh so good to see those fun photos with the shadows and hear about Ebony. Hettie I think the weather has got to most of us one way or another & hopefully now Spring has really arrived. Glad you back in the game. Wow you have had a lot on your plate!! I would favour Coach B for you because you can pick and choose the length of run you have time for … whether you have 10 mins or an hour or any time or you want to run a certain distance there is a run. You can choose guided or unguided on each run plus they have fun names! I have learned so much about running, about myself and about other runners from these fantastic 🆓 NR coaches. There are plans too if you want to train for a race. Xx

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Thanks Annieapple as you know I do love Coach B so I’m more than happy to do some extra research there ! ❤️❤️ NRC is a great app. I especially like the don’t wanna run guided run for those tough days!

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Exactly!! I love that I can choose a quick one when I am busy and a long one for those run forever days! However there is nothing to stop you combining the two with the Bridge 10k plan!

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