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A good time to explore a new route!

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Over62Half Marathon
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I’m just in that interim time building distances up to get me to a half marathon again somewhere around Christmas, as I posted earlier. This morning gave me the chance to try out a new route, one I have been itching to have a go at but for various reasons such as not wanting to upset the routes I was doing as I was progressing and a voice in my ear saying is this safe!

Well today when all I was intending to do was run a bit further than 10k, I thought this is the morning to explore. So I turned right instead of left at a certain point and 2.5k later having a great time just running my heart out down the new road and finding out

all was well with it, I then joined a route very familiar to me, and I know know now

how I can extend this route very easily, I always love unlocking the possibilities of a change of route.

All in all a very good 13k before the rain came down 🌧 another 8miles for LEJOG04 too.

Happy running everyone 🏃🏻‍♀️

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linda9389 profile image
linda9389AdministratorMarathon

Sounds like a great run - and a great discovery too! Nothing quite like a new route to distract from the distance to be covered. Enjoy!

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misswobbleMarathon

Me too! It refreshes us 😃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💥

A recent road closure near me has opened up a whole new area to run in

Love it. 😃👍

Yeahhhhh. I like it a lot. 8 miles in the bag and great experience again on the feet. Keep building the mileage so you know it's in you once again. How did the run feel going 8?

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Over62Half Marathon in reply to

It went really well, quite comfortable really, so I will add to this, next Friday my long run day. 😊👍🏃🏻‍♀️

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon

Woohoo Over62, that was a successful run! You’re brave going “off piste” in the middle of a run! Sounds like it worked for you, and 13k is a great distance. Your HM is calling your name! 😀

Roxdog profile image
Roxdog10 Miles

I love this post, because I completely get the joy of changing routes and ending up running further by mistake. It keeps the run fresh and intetesting. That sounds like a great run.

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Over62Half Marathon in reply to Roxdog

Certainly was Roxdog

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