Smashed that 10 Mile Run 🌟 By a Whopping 7 minutes faster than my last!! 😁🏃‍♀️

[sparky66]

Waiting for AlMorr, my running buddy to report back 🏃👏👏👏

Come on Alan I really hope you made it 🙏

I don't know but you must have sent me some kind of magical powers.. coz I just took 7 Whole Minutes off my previous best 10 Miles 👏👏👏

Wow I'm astounded that was blooming great!!!

First 5 K took it slow and found it quite tough to find my comfortable pace but kept going knowing that it can take me to K 6/7 to find it😅

Was brilliant visualising AlMorr, just up ahead of me.. willing me along.. and there were plenty thistles to remind me of him running in my old home Scotland ❤️

I was laughing to myself thinking of lots of you on the forum.. Frenc.. Linda.. IP.. Oldfloss..Peter 44 and many more all waving your pom poms for us 🤣🤣

At 8 K I wondered if I'd be able to manage to ten miles.. those gremlins started poking their ugly heads from the bushes..

Focus Caroline.. you got this..dig deep.. head up.. enjoy the music.. the nature, thought's of my upcoming holiday with my mum, 3 sister's , daughter and neice,

We having a lockdown freedom holiday in Dunoon at the end of this month 🤗

Then I'm at 12K and my pace was fine, I'm enjoying it.. good.. legs feeling strong.. and I know I'm doing well..😁

Just got to get through that last couple of K now where I can feel my hips and lower back beginning to protest, but knowing..I felt this just over a week ago when I ran my HM so knew it was a matter of .. just keeping going 💪

I get on the home stretch..two Ks to go and Im thinking of AlMorr..come on running buddy ..we got this.. keep going 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃

And there you all are at the finish line waving your pom poms🎉🎉🎉

Thank you all..

A PB to be proud of 😊💥🏃‍♀️💪🏅🙌

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🎖 very well done!! Great work 😁

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations to you sparky66 on that 10 miles PB run, I replied on another post but I will repeat my report here again.I started my run this morning at exactly 7.30, the first 10K went by fine in a time of 1.13.58 next 2Ks not too bad, however, after that I definitely slowed down a lot, my quickest kilometer was no. 4 at 7.18 the slowest being the last, the 15th at 8.52 min/km, my overall time was 2.04.27 which was due to the first 11 kilometers, once again congratulations to you for that PB.

From now on my longest run will be 10K, no more thoughts of running a half marathon.

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

I read your other post and responded 😃Congratulations AlMorr.. you're an absolute legend 🙏

Respect sir x

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

Thank you very much sparky66👍😊🏃🏾

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Flipping Awesome!! What a great time and exciting to knock 7 minutes off….

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you 😊 and actually feeling ok now.. but have to go shopping,I'm not really looking forward to that, but I'm sure a slow walk will ease my muscles 😀

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Woohoo! What a great PB!!! I did enjoy that, thank you 😀

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda.. feeling great!!! Wishing you a speedy return 🙂

[Peter44 10 Miles]

That's brilliant, was just looking at my only 10 miler that i've done, took 2hours, 15 mins, so you smashed it with that time today, there's just no stopping you atm!!! 👏👏👏

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Peter44]

AHH thanks Peter 😊 I'm so pleased with my running ATM.. all my strength training and healthy eating really does pay off for me.. although 😂I've just bought in a couple of lagers for tonight..😂

Hope things good with you..take care.. and keep running 🏃⭐

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Whoop whoop 💪 well done Sparky! That’s brilliant, a great PB 👍 And all those pom poms are now a bit tattered with all that waving for you.

I hope it was all “uneventful”…..🙂

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

😂 yip 'uneventful' 😂 but I did think of that thread.. 😂

Live to run another day 😄

Thanks IP .... New virtual poms poms at the ready for the next superstar runners 🎉🎉🤗🎈

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

*Phew* thank goodness for that 😮‍💨

[Week7 Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Have to confess that after reading about all of the "events" in your thread the other day IP I feel like I should never leave my house again!

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Week7]

🤣🤣🤣 I know was bricking it today 😜 felt lucky to be alive after my run!!!

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to Week7]

😂😂

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Very well done sparky66 and AlMorr for running 10 miles today. As promised, I set off for 10k to accompany you but due to record breaking faffage, I didn’t get to the start line until 0918 when it had got to 18C. You were probably well and truly finished by then. But suntan lotion applied, banana eaten and warm up exercises done , I finally set off.

I was trying to keep a slow pace to make sure I completed it, but it was getting hotter by the minute. I did it in 1 hr 21 mins (average pace 8:05 min/km) and the sweat was pouring off me.

My route took me along a quieter road to the Hayling Island ferry crossing but when I returned to Southsea prom it was very busy as visitors were arriving with paddle boards and everything but the kitchen sink for their day on the beach. The sky was blue and the sea a flat calm, so very different from our weekend gales and torrential rain.

A highlight of the run was seeing a Spitfire and a Harvard flying along the coast, bringing back memories of last month when UpTheStanley flew in a spitfire for his big zero birthday pressie , and me accompanying him in the Harvard . A wonderful day.

I’m also on the journey to 10 miles, as I head towards the Great South Run, but I’m glad I wasn’t doing that today. 🥵☀️

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy5 😊Wow your run sounds fabulous 😀

Well apart from the heat!! 😰

All that lovely scenery to keep your mind occupied 😁

Well done 👍

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

That was a warm run for you today Dexy5, well done, you would have started your run before me or Sparky66 finished ours, we were running virtually at the same time and pace for that matter, both of us began our run at 7.30 am and finished just after half past nine, our times were only 17 seconds of a difference,

Sparky66 :-2:04:44

Alan :-2:04:27, so as you can see we were almost the same time, congratulations to her on that Personal Best.

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to AlMorr]

That’s excellent times from you both. I did the GSR in 2019 in 2:16.05 so I am way behind you. Mind you, I’ll be glad just to be able to run it all.

[Frenc Half Marathon]

Ah that’s amazing Soarky, 7 minutes is a staggering time to take off! I was definitely waving my pom poms for you at 7:30 this morning, and doing an anti gremlin dance for you.

Thinking about all the positive things like your holiday with your family must have given you that extra spurt, brilliant.

That is definitely a PB to be proud of, I’m made up for you 😊. I think you may have nailed this running malarkey 🤩 hurrah! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Frenc]

Thanks frenc, I honestly can't believe I took 7 minutes off.. 😀It didn't seem particularly better than my last.. but maybe thinking of AlMorr running ahead of me spurred me on 🌟

So what does the anti gremlins dance look like.. whaahaha.. are you running in front of me hands gnarled side to side shaking your tail feathers 🤣🤣🤣

But feelings are great about running ATM..

Quite emotional actually, hard to believe how far we've come.. but I know we put the work in.. 💪

Did you run your recovery run?

Hope I've not missed your post ☺️

Thanks for your support 💖

[Frenc Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

You should be very proud! The anti gremlin dance 🕺 involves a bit of arm shaking and making strange ghost noises, basically you’re scaring them away 😆.

Ah you have every right to be feeling a bit emotional, it’s such a journey isn’t it, and not just physical.

Anyway. I did 3.5k this morning, legs were a bit heavy and I’m trying to break in some different shoes. I may need to pimp them up a bit with some insoles or something! It felt like I was going really fast, but it was quite slow! But it got the legs moving and that’s all I was after.

Next one’s Friday, looking forward to it as it’ll be a just see where the mood takes me run. I feel under a bit less pressure to do certain distances for now, but I’m sure that won’t last!

Anyway, I bet you’re having something yummy for your tea. And how exciting to be going on your hols soon! 😊😊😊

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Frenc]

Love the dance👻💃🤣Well done on getting out..it's a tough one after that HM !!!

New shoes aswell.. it's like a lottery getting the right fit.. I spent more than I'd have liked on my recent shoes.. and they were too tight in the toe box, but as they were brook's I got an exchange for a half size up no bother..👍

Exactly you got out for a run that's a tick✔️

I was looking at my chart and it was 10 days ago I done my half,so you never know you may be feeling the need soon enough 😜

As for tea..I had bean casserole with a very large dumpling..

But being naughty tonight and having a couple of lagers.. was going to make an excuse of having a stressful week..but..lol 🍻🤣

[Frenc Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

🍺 ✅ and why not! Enjoy 😊.

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Brilliant run for both you and your Virtual Running Twin AlMorr!

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Week7]

Thank you, can't believe I kept up with the totally awesome AlMorr!! Legend he is and only 20 years my senior!!

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Wow 7 mins that's an amazing achievement 😀

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Tracy..legs are a little achy this morning 😅