Day 1568 I just ran 10.33kms 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

At 8.15am I finished my first 10k run…. ever.

Wow.

I am shattered but I’m so chuffed that I’ve actually done it. Thanks to Gillian who agreed to do it with me and run at my pace. when you read on you’ll realise she didn’t really agree to anything up front! She’s a good runner and I just kept on going 😆😘

I didn’t have the best sleep so when I got up at 6.20am, I didn’t feel like running at all.

That’s the best part about running with other people, you don’t want to let them down. I knew Gillian was meeting me at 6.45am so I got ready and headed outside. It’s a beautiful morning.

After last nights heavy rain, everything seemed fresh. You can see the dew glistening on the leaves.

The sun is so low in the sky and looks much bigger than the photo shows, in real life.

I take a few photos as we run.

I found the first part really tough, my breathing was laboured and my legs felt heavy. As we turned the corner onto this road I started to relax a bit. I knew I wanted to do more than the 8k we ran a couple of weeks back. I hadn’t told anyone as didn’t want to commit and as I started off feeling rough, I didn’t think it might be possible.

But we kept going.

Gillian is a fast runner and while I hate holding anyone back it’s great that she could run at my pace. It certainly won’t have been her fastest run. So while so many of the photos show her in front of me, we did run together.

I always want to take photos of this tree on the way to work in the morning but there’s nowhere to stop the car.

I see this in all seasons, with sunrise behind it and it always makes me smile.

Sorry for all 3 😆 I’m not sure which is my favourite.

This one’s a bit blurry 😆 I am running my third kilometre at the time!

Then we come to THE HILL…. That’s the only downside to this run.

Gillian is a hill machine and I tell her to go and she goes!!

I took a selfie to show me still smiling AND I didn’t stop on the hill at all, unlike two weeks ago, where I walked the worst of it.

I kept going.

I only stopped for a few seconds at the top and got my breath back as we ran.

I knew I wanted to keep going.

The light was lovely again as we headed into Spiers Old School Grounds.

Just glorious… it’s still before 8am though.

And still we go…. Down to the Beith bypass and up through the housing estate.

And back along towards Gateside.

We have to do a wee round robin towards the end to get Gillian over the 6 mile mark… it feels never ending but we do it!

What an achievement. I first started running with Claire, couch to 5k back when I was off sick…. I found it so hard. I remember the second or third run being awful and look at me today. I’m not the fastest but I’ve been steady with the training and I try not to miss a week.

So proud.

I then went to Tesco for a mini shopping and have also walked the dogs this morning too.

We met this big guy!

They had a great run.

I love that they all watch for me. To make sure I’m still walking… only just 😂

This cow knew I was talking to it!

So all showered and ready to head to my brothers in South Queensferry for a family get together.

We’ve sat outside all afternoon and had a lovely buffet and I’ve had lots of lovely alcohol free!

It’s been lovely to all get together.

Have a lovely rest of Saturday.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️