>beams foolishly<
Today I was scared! Nervous. Excited. Worried and generally wibbling. Today I would be running with the lads! Would I look like a slow fat slug? Would I be able to keep up? Prevent J from doing his thing? .... there were so many things going through my head. Part of me wanted to say I would do my own thing. Part of me said don't be daft.
I work with J. He's my team colleague and mentor and sits next to me and shows me the ropes and he's a great chap! RAF reserve (working at my place for 20yrs) and therefore fit. Best run on the 3m loop was 26mins. Then there was S (working at my place for 30yrs!) who normally does 6m in his lunch run! He plays chase and catch up.
Most of their runs include "whistlers way" which is a dis-used rail way line (not dissimilar to the Ivanhoe Way) so great for running on but not easy to pin point on the map. J was going to take me there then I could either "bimble" with him or do my own thing.
We ended up bimbling along at a pace faster than I had been running! He was happily saying how pleasant it was doing an easier run etc and I added the odd word thinking "breathe!"
It was actually a nice run! Great to have someone to chat to and also someone to kick me (or me him!) out of the door. Relaxing but hard work too. The run did J good as it was easier for him and me good to make myself work and I don't do that as a rule!
The weather was a lot warmer than I expected and I didn't have my comfort blanket i.e. runners aid bottle! J is the same! He also didn't have his and neither of us liked it! It's not so much the drinking thing it's just refreshing your mouth and adding moisture and in that heat we needed it! The heat also made me realise how hard I was working! My calves, again, had some tension ... new shoes calling me finks and my legs are still feeling the effect of my daily stair climbing sessions! So overall I was really pleased ... 2.4m in 28:48 so 12mm pace which is one of my bets runs over that distance all year! In fact I did 3m at 12:03 pace in April and prior to that it was January!!
Tomorrow J will not be running (he claims to be old and needs the rest). He wants to get back into the 2 runs at work a week thing so we will (yes we!) run again Thursday. I however may go for a shorter slower solo run tomorrow just because I can!!
Today whilst changing I saw a total of 8 or 9 other runners and J informed me that Tuesday and Thursdays are the quiet days!! S runs every day. One chap in our area runs the 7m to work and then home again every day! Looks like a healthy bunch hey! Plenty of encouragement too! Another good thing with the move!
So over all my opinion so far of the new place is Top Class! Glad I left the old place!!
Today I was scared! Nervous. Excited. Worried and generally wibbling. Today I would be running with the lads! Would I look like a slow fat slug? Would I be able to keep up? Prevent J from doing his thing? .... there were so many things going through my head. Part of me wanted to say I would do my own thing. Part of me said don't be daft.
I work with J. He's my team colleague and mentor and sits next to me and shows me the ropes and he's a great chap! RAF reserve (working at my place for 20yrs) and therefore fit. Best run on the 3m loop was 26mins. Then there was S (working at my place for 30yrs!) who normally does 6m in his lunch run! He plays chase and catch up.
Most of their runs include "whistlers way" which is a dis-used rail way line (not dissimilar to the Ivanhoe Way) so great for running on but not easy to pin point on the map. J was going to take me there then I could either "bimble" with him or do my own thing.
We ended up bimbling along at a pace faster than I had been running! He was happily saying how pleasant it was doing an easier run etc and I added the odd word thinking "breathe!"
It was actually a nice run! Great to have someone to chat to and also someone to kick me (or me him!) out of the door. Relaxing but hard work too. The run did J good as it was easier for him and me good to make myself work and I don't do that as a rule!
The weather was a lot warmer than I expected and I didn't have my comfort blanket i.e. runners aid bottle! J is the same! He also didn't have his and neither of us liked it! It's not so much the drinking thing it's just refreshing your mouth and adding moisture and in that heat we needed it! The heat also made me realise how hard I was working! My calves, again, had some tension ... new shoes calling me finks and my legs are still feeling the effect of my daily stair climbing sessions! So overall I was really pleased ... 2.4m in 28:48 so 12mm pace which is one of my bets runs over that distance all year! In fact I did 3m at 12:03 pace in April and prior to that it was January!!
Tomorrow J will not be running (he claims to be old and needs the rest). He wants to get back into the 2 runs at work a week thing so we will (yes we!) run again Thursday. I however may go for a shorter slower solo run tomorrow just because I can!!
Today whilst changing I saw a total of 8 or 9 other runners and J informed me that Tuesday and Thursdays are the quiet days!! S runs every day. One chap in our area runs the 7m to work and then home again every day! Looks like a healthy bunch hey! Plenty of encouragement too! Another good thing with the move!
So over all my opinion so far of the new place is Top Class! Glad I left the old place!!
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Sounds great Pix
:o)
Yay :oD