#c210k

Wow long-time-no-post but I ran for the longest I have ever ran and I wanted to brag about it a little.

I downloaded the C210K app about a month and a half ago and it has seriously been a tremendous help in my training.

A work from home day late morning run!

Another run done. I'm at the point in my cycle where running gives me cramps and pelvic pain (I am yet to figure out how to handle/prevent this, as I already pre-emptively take painkillers) so my sole focus was going slow and running through that. Even though I was convinced this run would be slower, I actually managed to shave 10 seconds off of my average pace. Not much, but it's a start!

Adding a little context incase anyone is interested!

Pre my second degree (2015) I’d run for a week or so here and there around the coast where I used to live but that was all - and usually in converse 🤦🏻‍♀️. (Ouch my poor legs!)

Then 5 years ago ish my mum bought me my first pair of running trainers (hell yeah!) and I was running on and off during my second degree but never quite making it to 5K which was my big goal.

Last year I decided I would get back on it. I think I started the C25K properly for the first time properly in Aprilish? and by June/July ran my first ever 5K (just along paths not an organised thing). I’d even taken my running things and ran on holiday when my mum and I went to Italy around my birthday! (It was possibly one of the most beautiful runs I’ve ever done!) Later in the week that I managed to do my ‘all important’ 5K I hurt my hip doing a charity inflatable course - I tried to run 5K again for the second time and made it to 2K before pain nearly stopped me but (stupidly!) I carried on until at 4K I could barely walk. I had to stop running.

When I tried to restart I’d gone right back to struggling to even do 2k and it was enough to make me give up. I find running in the cold really tough (my chest hurts a lot) so I had no drive to get out over the cold months and was pretty fine with it.

This year I did a charity 5K (did not run almost at all!) in May with two of my favourite guys (boyfriend and best friend) and had a right laugh. Decided I needed to get back into it.

Started C25K in June. I’ve carried on running since June 3/4 times a week while doing C25K and that numbers only dropped more recently. I’ve now run 5K quite a lot and although each run would wonder if I would finish I always did.

Then about the end of August after a summer of eating and relaxing (Although I had kept running about 2-3 times a week) I suddenly found running a lot harder where I’d put on weight and for the first time since I had started I had to walk to finish parkrun and it shook my confidence massively. I took a week where I didn’t run. Since then I hadn’t even attempted a 5K cause I felt like that all important distance was again lost to me.

In October 2019 I got a cyst in my eye and had to stop running for a week so it could get better without being irratated. Due to a massive bonus of getting a job I haven’t been running since then. I’ve also put on a *lot* of weight which will obviously mak restarting more tricky. I’m planning on restarting in the new year.

Can you believe I was standing still for this picture? Idk why it’s so blurry haha.

Today was my first day of coaching and my swimmers were so inspiring! They were working so hard so I figured I should go home do the same.

So I did C210K W3D1 today! My pace felt pretty good but somehow I only ran 1.38 miles. It was still a nice run.

Started the year off right by finishing my training! Now I just need to focus on speed training so I can focus on my PR!