second attempt at writing

[limberlou]

this week has been a bit hectic as my daughter is on holiday this week and we had planned several things to do and people to meet up with so I changed my cleaning job from Monday to Tuesday morning and then awoke really early so decided to do my last run of week 9 then.

Still not 100% but feeling a lot better than I have been I remembered my inhaler this time, and set my headphones and podcast up and off I went. Short sleeve weather still which is lovely and I dug out capris too so felt quite summery. I decided not to go too fast as I wanted to finish comfortably so I kept to a steady pace and headed off towards the river, my favourite running spot. Everything is starting to bloom and green up and there are loads of baby birds along the rivers edge too, so a really lovely morning run and the first 15 minutes just melted away and all too soon it was time to turn round and head homewards.

I was toying with pushing on and trying for a 5k run but then I thought “No, not today, just enjoy it “. I’m a slow 5ker and that would have meant another 13-15 mins of running which I think is pushing it for me at the moment. So I carried and decided to turn off and come back around the lower part of the town and then got 5 mins in and came to a footpath closed sign with no way round so ended up having to double back and leap through a gap in the hedge. All part of life’s rich tapestry 😂😂

And then made my way back towards home. 30 mins done, nothing hurting and a sense of achievement at having graduated yet again!! Back home, showered, dressed and off to do my cleaning job.

And then a nice relaxing long walk with my daughter in the afternoon/ evening. It’s been a busy couple of days since including a fantastic sports massage yesterday. I went and met my great niece and her little boy Rowan for a cuppa while my daughter had her massage and then she went and met a couple of work friends for coffee while I had mine. Then we had a nice wander about followed by the obligatory Hockings icecream before we came home.

I’m going to increase my runs by 5 mins a week (3 runs a week) for the next couple of weeks before I try for the full 5k. Having had so many setbacks I’m not risking it again.

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

🍏🤗☺️🙌🎶🎈🥳👏Huge congratulations to you!! You have done it!!!! Very well plann d and executed run! So proud of you! Before you do anything else claim your shiny Graduate pin by clicking on the following link!

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I so enjoyed reading your post and had a laugh at you leaping through a gap in the hedge 🤣 l Fun celebration too afterwards. Your future plans sound really sensible! Well done Limberlou!!!!

[limberlou Graduate in reply to Annieapple]

Yeah I already had my graduate badge thanks, I have just been redoing the programme for the umpteenth time after a big op last year and a longer than expected convalescence.

It still felt good to complete it though 😁

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate in reply to limberlou]

🍏🫶Forgive me I am having a doolally day all round!! Nevertheless fantastic to complete it!!! Xx

[PeggySusi Graduate]

Congratulations on completing the plan again! That was certainly a very busy and long Tuesday. The graduation run, cleaning, and then a walk as well.. I think any one of those would have been enough on its own for the day .. you certainly deserved that massage!

[limberlou Graduate in reply to PeggySusi]

Thanks and it was blissful!!!

[Folkylass Graduate]

Well done on completing the programme again 👏👏🥳🥳🎉🎉xx

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

You are doing so well Lou!

Congratulations on that re-graduation run, your fitness is brilliant!

🏃‍♀️👌xxx

[limberlou Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thanks. I’m getting there again but it has felt so much harder this time

[skysue16 Graduate]

congratulations- very well done 👍😊

[Jell6 Graduate]

Sounds like a perfect day!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Very, every well done to you! A super re-graduation , despite all! Wonderful images of you on your run and slipping through a hedge too.

You have had a few setbacks and are so, so busy too, that celebration was a very well deserved . On you go!

[limberlou Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks. I’m trying to resist pushing on but I did do a sneaky 35 min run this morning and felt as though I could have run for longer but I resisted. I’ll stick to this for another week 😬

[Gwenllian1 Graduate]

Brilliant. That sounds like the perfect run! Congratulations x

[limberlou Graduate in reply to Gwenllian1]

Yeah it was pretty good. Annoyingly I felt really tired in the evening and then barely slept all night. Quite often happens after a run day.

[drl212 Graduate]

Sounds like a good plan!!! Congrats!