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A really nice 10 miles πŸ˜πŸ‚πŸ‘.

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Well, I really enjoyed that! I felt strong and alive, if only we could bottle it. The weather was perfect, a little bit of sun and nice and cool. I wore short sleeves and although I was a tad chilly during the warm up walk, long sleeves would have been a bit much. Mind you, as a 53 year old female, my thermostat isn’t what it was! I’ll just leave it at that 🀣.

I decided to give the water meadows a miss and cobble some other routes together which kept it fresh for a longer run. I saw quite a few other runners out, all very friendly and waving. I pretended people were waving at me because I’m famous. Which I’m not obviously but I recommend it, it’s quite good fun πŸ€©πŸ˜†. Enola Gay (OMD) started playing towards the end and helped me pick my pace up! I was belting it out as I was running and obvs. must have looked a bit mad, but I was in such a good place, I didn’t care!

All showered and caffeined up now. Going to pop over to Hilliers to get some compost for some nice spring bulbs - I love how they just lie dormant for ages and then voila!

As ever, I hope everyone is having a smashing day whatever you’re up to 😊😊😊.

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SueAppleRun10 Miles

Perfect what a great run you had, I loved reading about it and spring bulbs are magic

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

Ah thank you! The bulbs are planted - I now have very grubby fingernails 😁. I don’t have a garden, rather a nice balcony and it’s so nice seeing the flowers appearing in the spring. 🌷🌷🌷

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SueAppleRun10 Milesβ€’ in reply toFrenc

You’ve done better than me, mine are still in bags, i do have a garden but most of it has scaffolding at the moment, i’m hoping it will be removed soon

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

I still have some left, I think I overestimated! Hope the scaffolding comes down soon 😊.

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SueAppleRun10 Milesβ€’ in reply toFrenc

Me too, they haven’t done any climbing on it for ages, once down i can tidy birders and put more bulbs in

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Instructor57

That sounds great ! Glad you enjoyed your 10 mile run .

And if you manage to bottle that feeling send some here 🀣

I've just come back from an all you can eat Chinese buffet so don't think I could run now 🀣🀣🀣

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toInstructor57

Thank you Ian! Ha ha no I don’t think an all you can eat buffet goes hand in hand with a run, but what a great excuse to chill out combined with no sudden movements 😁. It’s certainly the weather for it, here anyway 🀣.

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toInstructor57

Lol is that you or Misty?!

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Instructor57β€’ in reply toFrenc

Both !She has just been fed 🀣

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toInstructor57

Feet and paws up respectively! Let the snoozing begin 😁.

You speak about running ten miles as if it's nothing! If I remember correctly we both started C25K more or less around the same period, did we not? Soon (for me mid November) there will be a runniversary! You have come so sooo far! Hope you don't mind me being a tad jealous 😜.

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply to

Today was a surprise to be honest, I hadn’t intended to go 10 miles, but I think it was one of those rare runs when everything feels right. They don’t happen too often! You’re so near your first 10 miles, don’t forget how far you’ve come Evy! I don’t think either of us expected to be still doing it a year later. We’ll need to treat ourselves to something nice next month πŸ˜πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ.

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New running shoes! It's my birthday 9th of November and I asked for new running shoes. Mine are running to their end (they are 6 years old) so they can be a gift for my birthday AND runniversary!

And no, I really did not think I'd still be running almost a year latet. AND actually loving it!

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That’s an excellent idea - especially as it’s your birthday. Ha ha yes, and actually loving it. Who’d have though it 😁.

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linda9389AdministratorMarathon

What a fabulous run. I only said this morning - roll on spring!!!

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

Thank you! It was a lovely run, although a bit stiff this morning 😁. Yes, springtime is special isn’t it. It’s been nearly a year now since I started C25K and therefore seeing all the seasons. They’re the last thing you think about at first, but I realise now what a difference it can make! 😊

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Week7Half Marathon

This is such a lovely "happy post"- I really enjoyed reading I, thanks for sharing.

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FrencHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toWeek7

Oh thank you! I was really pleased with it as I had set out to do 13 or 14k, so a nice surprise 😁. If only it always happened like that 🀣.

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