Been bad, but feel fantastic...10K achieved.

Well I went out for my weekly long easy run today. I should have only run for 8.8K today if i stuck to my newish rule of no more than 10% increase per week, but as my fellow runners, you will know we can all sprout advice, but sticking to our own advice is more difficult.

So I feel bad for breaking my own rule but fantastic as I managed to run 10K for the first in my life in just over an hour

I can guarantee I will not add distance next week, I plan to run a couple more 10Ks as long easy runs before trying to get my time down below an hour.

Garmin stats if you're interested:

connect.garmin.com/activity...

[walney Graduate]

Good work! That 10K mark is like a magnet and as soon as you get anywhere near it draws you in! Enjoy a rest next week and let all that training sink in.

[Hidden in reply to walney]

Definitely going to take it easy and give my legs a rest this week

[morningglory Graduate]

Well done Phil72 I did the same today - hit that magic 10k mark. How do you get your garmin activity to upload on here?

[Hidden in reply to morningglory]

Congrats, feels good doesn't it.

On the garmin site i make sure my activity is showing as public, I then access the activity and then copy the full URL from the address bar and paste it into my blog

[janda Graduate]

Yet another 10k first-timer!! See my post for further details. Right about the 10k magnet too, walney. Brilliant feeling even if I am just slightly achy.

[Hidden in reply to janda]

Great time you're achieving, glad that B210K is working for you.

[SBG356 Graduate]

Ha ha!! There was me only today saying to someone how I followed your advice and so was doing the B210K over 9 weeks rather than 6 so as not to overstretch myself.... We all do it though so will let you off

What a fantastic achievement though Phil! Why not go for it if you feel you can; I would do the same though that might be a good while off at the moment, magnet or no magnet Enjoy being very smug, you earned it!!

Sue

[Hidden in reply to SBG356]

I saw your earlier post and felt very bad

[DeliaItaly Graduate]

Fantastic phil, well done!

[Hidden in reply to DeliaItaly]

Cheers, hope everything at home is sorting its self out and your snatching time for the odd run

[notbad Graduate]

Well done you must feel great! After all we've said on here about gradual training I still think sometimes we're just up for it and got to go for it while we can. Was a bit naughty myself yesterday, did parkrun on a rest day & then jogged another couple of miles to meet my husband, just because I felt pretty good. Truly there must be something in the air!

[Hidden in reply to notbad]

I totally agree or the water!

[thinnerandfitter Graduate]

Well done Phil! I'm surprised that the wind didn't pick you up and blow you along that seafront

I'm now waiting to start my 3rd "comeback" of the year..... but the end of the flu has brought on a cough and still a bit of shortness of breath, so I guess I'm still looking at another week before I can see what the fitness damage is (30 mins of Stepping Stones will be the target first time out).

Ann

[Hidden in reply to thinnerandfitter]

I think you'll be surprised and have not lost very much fitness, enjoy getting out there again

[gdeann Graduate]

Very well done Phil! You really should listen to your own advice, oh, heck with it! YOU ROCK!!! Gayle

[Hidden in reply to gdeann]

Cheers Gayle, I will be good for a couple of weeks, promise!

[swanscot Graduate]

Well done Phil. Yep another 'Don't do as I do, do as I say'. I too, have overshot the 10% increase just because I felt I could. That 10K is such a draw, isn't it?

[Hidden in reply to swanscot]

Cheers, just looked at your last blog and I'm so jealous of the locations you get to run in, unbelievably beautiful.

[Jeddahpm Graduate]

Haha great job Phil, I bet you are still smiling

[Hidden in reply to Jeddahpm]

I really am

[Soozz Graduate]

Well done, Phil. I can well understand you continuing beyond the 8.8! How could you possibly stop then if you were feeling OK?! What a star!

Hope to start my B210k training this week. (Hopefully, today).

Happy running. Sue

[Hidden in reply to Soozz]

Cheers Sue, hope you've started and all went well.

[Soozz Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Rats! Haven't started yet. The weather's been 'inclement' - unexpected snowfall yesterday and just horrible today with sleet, snow and howling gales. Maybe tomorrow?... I've got the podcast downloaded and am ready to go!

[vixiej Graduate]

well done! You did that in a very good time, too 10K is just soooooo seductive, who can resist

[Hidden in reply to vixiej]

Very....but now it's done I can ease off the distance a little.

[mark909 Graduate]

Well done phil I'm glad the change of training program is helping out!

[Hidden in reply to mark909]

Cheers Mark, it really is