yahoo!
a good run! not just an ok one - an honest to god good run. of course everything is relative... but i feel great!
Met with lulu, mr lulu, beki, the owl and caro this morning for a jaunt over on the west side (aiii). we started at drummoyne, headed up and over the anzac bridge, through pyrmont, annandale, back of glebe i think and down the canal to the bay again. despite the dreary day it was probably good weather for running. didn't even get rained on (much).
I was scheduled for 2 hours but was planning to see how I went, keep it slow and do as much as I could up to 90 mins. so we took off and I felt great, 1km ticked over, still good, up a hill, still good... i was almost holding my breath waiting to start feeling exhausted and heavy ...but I didn't! The legs wearied towards the end but I could have kept going. At some points I felt ...bouncy... it was quite surreal. I know we kept the pace nice and comfortable (avg pace 6.54) but i didn't struggle - at all. I suspect I was annoying everyone when I would tell them (in a low awestruck voice) 'i feel really good today'... poor lorna had an awful stitch but she still managed to tell me how glad she was that I was feeling ok. love your guts owly :)
I stopped at 94ish minutes, 13.4ish k with a big smile (and I'm told a bit more colour in my face!). a fabulous breakfast of thick wholemeal toast, avocado, mushrooms and scrambled eggs really topped it off (not to mention the company of course - Mr Lulu and his b*tches as he referred to us...)
Great morning!!!!!!!
Makes me realise that I have probably been struggling for longer than I realised and just thought it was lack of fitness. i know its partly that but maybe that wasn't the whole story after all. love my little red pills :)
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Wow - big difference between your garmin and my pod! I think I'll take my pod reading - it was overcast and the garmins are notorious for losing the signal on an overcast day ;-)
Good to see you again - I was quizzing Lulu about your long runs and saying that I might join you on your Sundays while BB is at golf.....
That's excellent- and good on you for stopping at 94 and still feeling good!
Sound like a great run, and it's great to see your energy levels are on the rise.
Yay, she's back. I'm sure you'll really see your running pick up again now you're on the pills. Keep taking the tablets dear!
Told ya it would only take a few days for you to come good ;-)
Nice work Ellie.
Great to hear you are back in action Ellie. Sounds like you girls had a ball out there. Isn't it good to be a runner :-)
Running in packs now!
Great to hear that you are back ontop of the world.
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