Crossing the bridge from 5 to 10K

More mint green than the turquoise I wanted bit DD says they look "cool"

New trainers just arrived!

I'm sticking to New Balance as I've had 3pairs now as they do a wide fitting in female trainers which I find really hard to find normally. They should arrive by Thursday hopefully they will fit ok.

Ooh what kind are you getting?

Speeding up's even more impressive with a stitch!

I did thanks, but it ended up being a short one. I kept getting distracted by flowers & things & then the cold rain kicked in.

Just did my second 8.5k same route as last week and bit faster but was tough going as struggled abit with a stitch due to heavy lunch 1.5hrs before the run. Foot a little sore so going to get some new trainers for my birthday next weekend , can't believe I've been running for nearly 6mths now

Hope u enjoyed Hyde park empress

Definitely tricky then!
Did you manage to get out or was the weather too grim? I'm off to the park in about an hour.

at my kids running with me, the eldest could but alas not the youngest but she could ride her bike or scooter but she stops every 30sec it would be a nightmare to get her to do even 5k I'm better waiting for DH to be home and nipping out in the evening if the kids haven't knackered me out during the day it's snowing light flurries ere this morning super excited kids!

That must be tricky. Can they realistically go with you?

I was planning to do another stretch of the river this weekend, but in the square outside work today I saw snowdrops, crocuses and a few daffodils starting to open, so I think I'm going to do Hyde Park instead and look for flowers .

Busy work week this week but squeezed in 5k this morning once I'd dropped kids at breakfast club. Felt like hard work but I was faster than recently and early cold start meant it took awhile to get going . Hoping to do a longer run Sun or Mon eve, it will be more challenging finding the time with the kids off school in half term next week.

I'll look out for that on catchup, Biking.

Some good information on the C4 prog get fit fast tonight on running

Isn't it satisfying when you can see the effects of all this exercise?

There are some bits full of people but a lot of reasonably quiet stretches, especially around now.

I'm trying to swim at least once a week I've found the running has really improved my "puff" I rattled off 1km in the pool last week which would have killed me a couple of mths ago! wow running along the Thames couldn't be more different from my environment. Must be busy with people?

Yes, I think running on sand would be tough! I'm measuring out a range of 10ks near the Thames. How are the swimming & cycling going?

I'll have a look at the app but I'm spoilt with a couple of fab cycle paths and /or 2mile seafront or the rest is hilly roads! I'll prob stick to the off road cycle paths for now they are still concrete or rocky type surface so tough impact on my joints but no cars and less people with nice views. I may try beach running once my ankles are feeling stronger but I think that will be quite hard going!

Well done Biking and thanks!

I found an app called New Route & I'm using it to plan 10Ks for variety. I want to aim to keep doing one most weekends (always ending up near a good place for lunch) .

Just did my first one hour run 8.5k bit of headwind and some up/down so I'm super pleased with my longest run yet. I SO got in the zone which was fab after the really tough run in Sat. I did stop couple times to stretch out my legs as the left one keeps stiffening up. I know now I can do 10k if I keep pacing myself

Well done empress on your fab PB 10k that's brill

Good parkrun arch. I'm getting slower but going further at the moment plus I've been experimenting with some different run routes as my confidence is growing which I'm enjoying. Today's was along the estuary which was lovely view just bit windy on the way back.

It does work Arch, especially if you're doing other kinds of exercise on the non-running days. Congrats on your new PB! I've got one too. Just finished this weekend's 10K, from Tower Bridge to Greenwich & taken 2.5 mins off last week's time . Lovely views as well.

Yes, the Cotswolds were beautiful but reminded me I need a LOT more practice to conquer hills!

You're right Empress I need to do more rest days. Did Parkrun this morning (10secs off my PB), am meeting a friend tomorrow morning for a slow run/walk and THEN I will rest . Your Cotswolds run sounds lovely, I grew up there and miss it, such a beautiful part of the world.

Biking congrats on the 6km even if it was tough you did it!

Had too much & last night after a week off running but I got an early 6k in this morning. it was flipping hard work with slug legs it felt like the whole way hopefully i can go out again Monday and up the distance abit more. I have done the Shred DVD a couple times this week but the lunges have really made my legs sore!

Two days running Arch? Maybe take a day or two to rest in between?

I went to see a friend in the Cotswolds today & we did a 5K. It was my first hilly run & my first run while chatting. We walked some of the hills & didn't track the time, but it was good fun.

Some are easier than others arch but it's not getting easy I just know I can do it more. Some days are good some are tough just chalk it up to one of those tough ones and have a rest for a couple of days and I bet your legs will be all springy again

Did W1R3 tonight, was a bit shit. Legs felt really heavy and I had a bit of cramp in my calf. So slow and hard work.

When does it get easier? I feel like I'm getting less fit

Oh Reastie that's so sad. Injuries are shithouse. Would some Bikram Yoga be possible? You do sound (understandably) miserable. I hope the injuries heal sooner than expected.

I've just done W1R2 of 9 weeks. 2 x 10 min jogs and 1 x 3min tempo run. It was great, I managed most of it although had to walk a bit mid first 10 min jog as was so puffed out going up hill. So clearly I need to improve my stamina.

I've been trying to find a local running group but to no avail, so have set up my own Thurs nights with some school mum friends. Hopefully we can keep in going and not let it fizzle out.

You know what you've achieved though & if you've done it once you can do it again.