70 Days to go - The Great North Run

in running •  6 years ago  (edited)

Yay it’s Saturday

This means parkrun which is 5k (3 Miles) the plan says I have to run 9 miles (about 15 km). Oh no, what to do?

The solution- run to parkrun, run parkrun then run home from parkrun. It’s was going to be hard but I could do that!

I set off at 8am, it’s 6 km’s to the start of parkrun, I wanted to allow myself plenty of time so I got there on time. I wanted to take it easy so not to wear myself out for parkrun.

It was a beautiful day, hot, sunny with a bit of a breeze which was actually nice as it kept you a bit cooler. When I arrived on the seafront I saw a remarkable sight, a cruise ship in the harbour of Great Yarmouth. That’s not something that’s ever been seen before. The cruise ship has come from America and come all this way to a little seaside town called Great Yarmouth.

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Sorry the picture is the wrong way can’t seem to turn it on my ipad

By the time I got to the start and met up with my family I was already sweating. Here’s the stats from the first run of three.

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Parkrun was hard but fun, I could tell I’d already ran 6km so my legs didn’t want to go fast. It was hot and quite hard going against the wind but I was happy with my time. It’s so lovely to be able to meet up with lots of family members too.

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Here’s the stats from the second run of three.

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So now to run home, just a gentle jog! Here’s the stats for the last run of the day.

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So a good day of running, just over 15km which is just over 9 Miles. Ok I didn’t do it all in one go but I’m getting the mileage up.

Thanks for looking
Happy reading peeps 🖤

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*When someone tells you that what you want to do is impossible, change the word in your head to hard. What you want to do is hard. Hard is doable – it just requires dedicated work and effort and you can make it happen.
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Good strategy to get the run distance in =)