Keep Going, You'll Get There!

Week 1 of my training plan for the Race to the Castle has proved to be a hectic one.... mostly involving Christmas trees and Brussels sprouts!

I've created a Christmas Tree around Penkhull with the Potters Trotters...

And then tried to find as many Christmas Trees as we could on Thursday night's club run... stopping for a photo with every one we found definitely slowed us down but there were plenty of smiles with every mile we completed.

On Saturday morning, it should have been time for more Christmas fun with Hanley parkrun's Christmas fancy dress run. But my fancy dress was accidentally forgotten, so I decided to run "serious" and completed my fastest Hanley parkrun since 2013! I love my "game face" photo taken by Mick Hall - thanks Mick!

By Saturday night, I was beginning to wilt, especially as a visit from my nieces meant unexpected extra "time on my feet" - also known as the nightmare that is Primark at Christmas.
But I still had one more run to complete before the weekend was over.

Up early this morning, I ran a few miles with friends before heading back for just two more miles to meet my goal for the week.

Not the longest run, but it's been a long week.

I'm feeling tired and running out of steam.

And then an unexpected voice of encouragement from someone standing on their doorstep...

"Keep Going, You'll Get There"

And that was enough... last mile done, goals for the week completed.

And even enough energy for a bit more shopping with my nieces... and Christmas Trees of a different kind!

And now I'm ready for week 2.

However long the run ahead of me, I'll try and remember that little piece of encouragement.

If I just keep going, I'll get there.

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