Crossing the bridge from 5 to 10K

Well done zippy!! That's an amazing time! How are you feeling?

Just a quick check in in from me to say I DID IT! The heat was overpowering at 24 degrees and really humid but I ran the whole 10k without any stops and kept a decent pace throughout. I finished in 1.05, which is slower than I have done in training but with the heat and my dodgy knee I am still feeling pleased! Having said that, my knee held up pretty well so hopefully I can sign up for some more races with confidence now

Sleep!

Hope you get better sleep tonight shortaris there truly is nothing worse than sleep deprivation, my oldest was a non-sleeper for nearly 5yrs and it nearly destroyed me. Now she is still the mega active healthy vibrant DD full of energy but she does she mostly 9-10hrs a night!

Hope Zippys leg held up. Rotten sleep so no 10k done. I need to do it tomorrow.

Good for you Ski and that sounds fun Kanye Not the hangover though

Did 9k this morning was awake early so just went. Beaut morning but hot now.

Gd luck zippy and well done kanye sounds fun.
I was hoping to do my usual long Sunday morn run but today has been manic & late to bed tonight I'm not sure I'll be up at 6am...but running kit has been optimistically laid out

Best of luck zippy! The heat is a killer but hopefully it will cool a bit for you. Enjoy it! Sounds like your knee is holding up which must be a relief.

I did a 5k with dd today which was fun. It was an inflatable course, so 10 different obstacles to get over and through en route. Tbh, between the heat and my massive hangover (very long and lovely lunch yesterday ) we walked most of it --
as did most other people so I didn't feel quite so bad!

Well done Kanye and shortaris!
I did a short run on Thursday and my knee held up ok. Tomorrow is the big day for me when I will hopefully cross that bridge officially . Weather here is really humid and sticky so I'm not looking forward to it- packed a sun visor, damp towel and plenty to water so I just need to go for it and hope for the best. I just don't cope well with heat!
Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Hope the acupuncture is helpful today, zippy.

I ran 3.75k last night, split with 30mins in the gym. Ice completely lost my mojo, I'm not sure how I'm going to get it back.

Well done Zippy and Ski I managed 1.8 miles this morning. Didn't have time for any more as have to get ready for work!

Need to get 10k in on Sunday to stay in track with my plan.

Well done ski, serious commitment!
With my coordination I'm not sure roller skating is a good idea. However I forced myself to run 5k today as I didn't feel up to it at all but managed to pace myself to 31 minutes, which is my aim for the 10k next week. Glad it's over and best of all my knee didn't hurt at all- how bizarre! I'm having acupuncture on Thursday so hopefully it'll hold out for a little while longer

A swift 4.5k at lunchtime today, my Strava was giving me odd feedback but "corrected" when I up loaded it to a fast run?! It was too hot for me though. I didn't really fancy a run but a 13hr work day tom means I'll be sitting down mostly so I needed my "fix"

Roller skating makes me puff zippy not sure about impact on knees though.

Well done duchess someone tried to get me to a 5k muddy obstacle thing but I'm far too nervous of buggering up my back to do it.

I crossed the bridge this weekend with a 10k obstacle course, not the best idea I've ever had!

Thanks all. I tried swimming yesterday but that too hurt my knee. I'm going to try the cross trainer again and maybe cycling so at least I know I can do less impact exercise to keep fitness up if I have to have the operation- I've had the op four times before (dodgy knees!) but was hoping everything was ok now!
I shouldn't have to wait long for a referral as we have health cover and can be seen in a week or so but trying to work out when the least inconvenient time is difficult!
Just need to do a couple of short runs this week and hope for the best next weekend

Oh zippy that sucks I hope you can find long term relief and some other less impact sport to get your exercise buzz. After years of "back" issues I have huge sympathy. Gd luck with the 10k.

Well done shortaris sounds like a gd run and kanye doing hill sprints post beer is impressive!

That's crappy, Zippy. Will you be waiting long for a referral?

I dragged myself out for a run. It is hot and heavy and I really didn't want to go. So I did a very slow 4k but with about 1k of 50-100m sprints distributed throughout. I did most of them on inclines so I really felt them. It as a fairly bad run but I feel better than I would otherwise.

Sorry to hear that Zippy

Hope work gets a bit easier Ski and well done all on getting out there. I REALLY struggled after my holiday but seem to be getting back to fitness now. Did 5 miles with a pal this morning and it was great.

When it works it works, right enough!

Great work everyone and sounds like the best reason ever not to go for a run Kanye!
My 10k is next weekend and I'm worrying again now. I've been having trouble with my knee and been limping around for a few weeks now. Physio is helping and I'm keeping it taped up as much as possible but I've only managed short runs for about ten days- I had to stop after 5k yesterday. I'm having acupuncture on my knee on Thursday and just want to get it ok enough to finish the race. After that it seems inevitable that I will have to have surgery on it and retire from running for a while . Not feeling good about this but physio alone isn't curing it and having had surgery before on my other knee I know it helped

Fab morning run

Sand run sounds good, Ski but I'd guess it's much more challenging for the leg muscles?

Yeah, the evening got better more beery so I think that's that for the run

Thanks for encouragement I got my dates muddled it's 3wks to the 10k race for life doh! The next few weekends are packed with my DDs stuff & visitors.
Hope the plod goes ok kanye sounds like a good day .

I'm planning a run early tomorrow and the tide times are perfect so if it's not too windy I'm going to try running the beach for the first time my DH has done it twice recently and really enjoyed it, but we have to go at low tide to get to the compact sand bit.

Sorry for the crappy week's events. Hope everything improves soon. I agree though, the physical effort of a run can be very therapeutic in such circumstances.

I have had one intentional and one unintentional rest day. I was planning a run this morning evening, but may have accidentally had a couple of beers at the cul de sac BBQ this afternoon. On a scale of one to very, how silly would I be to go for a plod?? It won't be until about 9 and I've only had 2 bottles ...

I hate crowds normally too Ski (despite living in London), I actually started going to shopping centres on Saturdays to practise getting used to them.

But on the day I found it wasn't a problem, I just had too much else to think about. And people did spread out pretty quickly.

Good luck anyway!