Another 10 mile training run.🏃🏽‍♀️

[Sandraj39]

This was meant to be a slow 13K but given that I now have a HM booked in November😱 and I felt (relatively good😮😉) at 12k, I decided to push on and run another 10 miles.🙂 My legs felt better this time and 'the knee' kept quiet for most of the run, which was a bonus! I ran a mixture of road and trail and included a few hills to challenge me too😫. I think I need to get a bit more adventurous with my running routes though, as I did a fair bit of 'looping' today to make up the miles....which was a bit boring!! 😕🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Speedy, speedy! I had to start mixing up my routes as the runs got longer (same with rides); the sense of adventure and exploration made the runs more exciting and were a useful distraction too

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Yep, have planned my next long run. It's an out and back but somewhere I've not been to before!🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Enjoy 🙂

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Hope you are getting on ok, Linda?

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Early days, but having been given the go ahead to build up running again, I'm now enjoying redoing C25K - w2r1 ticked off today

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Great training run Sandra😊xxx

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Thanks Ali!🙂xx

[backintime 10 Miles]

Great running and great speed too.

I did 2 laps of a park in the middle of mine to add some distance.

I had a nice route worked out on onthegomap but when I got where I should have gone over a bridge I could see it but couldn't find how to get there from where I was...so park laps filled the gap : )

[Madge50 Marathon]

Wow, you’re not hanging about are you! My 10 mile last week was a disaaaster (cue Craig Revel Harwood 😂)......but I did get the distance.......

You’ll smash that HM, power to you Sandra, we’ll done 💪👍😎

Mx

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Madge50]

I did spend sometime yesterday working out a plan to get me from 16 to 21k in time. Looks doable - as long as my knee stays happy!🙂

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Very speedy! Well done! It really gets the confidence up when you can do it again and again! 👍🏻😁

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Thanks Jojo - it has helped my confidence and I am feeling good today too!

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Super run Sandra.. and yes, those loops can be a tad boring... mine usually involve running around the station and the stream near my home... over and over again..

Well done you..lovely pace

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Yes, I have to stop doing too many loops!! I have planned an out and back route for my next long run - but to somewhere I've not been before, so am quite looking forward to that. Need to plan a few more big circuits!🙂

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to Sandraj39]

Trouble is, as our runs get longer we need lot of area to run in... and as we get speedier, ( did I just say that? ) even more so xxx

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

🙂💪🏃🏽‍♀️

[Runsome Marathon]

Nice run and very nice pace excellent Job 😀👍

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Brilliant pace Sandra. I need to expand my portfolio of runs too. I did work out an optional hilly front end to my normal run which adds 2k, or 4K if I add it on to the end too! Changing is tough though given my one non negotiable criterion... every run must end within cool down walk distance of a flat white and triple chocolate brownie! 😋

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Sounds very sensible to me!🙂

[Jelly-bean16 Marathon]

That’s really interesting about the looping as I always think where can I go that’s further when actually when i start getting much further I could just go around twice 😂 Well done on your 10 miles 👍

[skysue16 Half Marathon]

Wow, fantastic pace Sandra! Well done. Yes, it is difficult to find longer routes . Sometimes I misjudge the distance and end up running round the houses - literally!