Pic: 'How much further? I want to rest, I want to go home!'
Hey there lovely VRBs! Grab a cuppa, pull up a chair and let's have a natter!!!
Here we are, just over the hump of September and somehow hurtling towards October already!!!
It's a funny time of year; it's tricky to work out what to wear, the sun (if out) is low and everything around us is beginning to show signs of the changing season. It's also the time when many of us are reaching the end of training plans with events looming large in the calendar. My race is about 4 weeks away, but I'm still nursing my dogy leg and unsure whether it's time to try another run or to exercise more patience. Ho hum! Being a superstitious Susan, I'm not going to tempt fate by putting my race on the October events spreadsheet just yet ๐ค๐
I haven't been running, but at the weekend I did go to Hyde Park to support my son who was taking part in Swim Serpentine 2024. It's run by TCS who also do the London Marathon. It was incredibly well organised and lots of fun, being a beautiful day for a lovely, well supported, laid back event (with no loo queues๐ค ). For the open water swimmers among you, it looked like a great event, with a variety of distances to choose from! Or for those of you who find special bling irresistible, take a look at the fabulous London Classics medal; 'the London Classics is a unique three-event challenge from London Marathon Events which is completed when someone has finished the London Marathon, RideLondon-Essex 100, and the two-mile distance at Swim Serpentine.' thelondonclassics.co.uk/entry/ Quite the triathlon achievement. I'd want a very special medal for that lot!!! ๐ฅ
In the last pompom post I included a picture of a fluffy dog looking up with big old eyes (bottom left in the collage above); Irishprincess put words into its mouth 'take me home, take me home'. Maybe he was in the middle of his long run and had just had enough! I've definitely been there myself ... that point where there's sill far too far to go and energy, confidence and resolve are dipping, where it takes a bucket load of will-power to run on past the bench.... What else might these poor tired pups be thinking??? What goes through your mind in the middle of a long run? How do you convince yourself to continue, or to pick it up again? Let's share some of our 'pain cave motivation' for future use.
And your news! How are you doing right now? Any gossip for us? We love to hear what's going on, good or bad, long or short, stop or start ... or otherwise. Do share ๐ฅฐ
Here's to a good week for us all, hopefully with a little bit of sunshine to brighten the autumnal days.
Your Team ย ย Irishprincess , Beachcomber66 and me ๐
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