NSV!!! (Meant to post this yesterday but didn’t have the energy haha) I RAN 5K!!!! How? No idea! The run started off bad - think I was still stiff from Saturday night - so 3K itself felt like it was going to be a stretch. But somehow I kept going - determines to prove I could do 4K which surely I could after Saturday?? 4K turned out further than I had originally thought it would be - forcing me to run past a part in my route I had planned to always stop at - a bridge far too small and busy with pedestrians and bikes to warrant running over. But I couldn’t stop, I hadn’t reached 4K yet! I stuck to the edge of the bike lane to avoid the people and I kept running. Then I hit 4K and it occurred to me next time I ran I could hit 5k - I mean my blisters hurt, my legs were achy and I had little speed, but 1 more km wasn’t that much more to add on. So why didn’t I keep going? After all I’d felt this pain for most of the last 1K - the blisters later that evening would be dulled by the amazingness of the accomplishment surely?! So I kept going. 1km was further than I thought it be and at points I was begging for the little Fitbit voice to tell me I’d reached 5k, but sheer determination to do it kept me going - I even sprinted the last bit to the end of the road out of pure pride at the achievement! Run 5Km by Christmas? Done! ✅🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 #jsam #fijichallenge #jamessmithacademy #5km https://www.instagram.com/p/BqHI51Hh--LzCj3jOIMtU4csS0P5K2UUWws9Bk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aaa404kpuvvf