Weekly chat 2nd to 8th January 👣👣👣

[ju-ju-]

Please feel free to share your runs here and chat about how it's all going, sometimes we don't feel like putting a whole post up but just want to share something small, so this is a great place for doing that during the week.

If your a lurker it is a great place to say a little hi without the pressure of a full post.

Wishing you all a happy healthy week.

Ju Ju

xx

[mfamilias Graduate10]

Happy new year to you all! I started in style with a full-scale tumble yesterday morning, now nursing two painful knees and scraped arms and hands. First 10k trail run on Saturday so I'd better be better soon.

[Hidden in reply to mfamilias]

Oh no, sounds like super bad timing! Hope nothing too bruised, can just apply savlon and brave the trail on saturday

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

No Savlon here, so I'll have to skip that bit.

[Hidden in reply to mfamilias]

French savlon...?

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I'm a tough cookie. A French chemist would sell me a bag full of arnica and paracetamol. I just rub it with a bit of spit, stick any snapped-off limbs in my pocket, and get back on track.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to mfamilias]

NOOOOO..! Horrid for you... take care you x

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Feeling better now, and gave The Pot Hole a wide berth yesterday

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to mfamilias]

I really dislike falling, now I have reached slightly more mature years!!

The lane up to the fields where I run has got all massive tree roots breaking though the pavement..I really go very steadily..and at night, when I am walking home from Little Mum's.. it is treacherous. !

Still..it doesn't stop us does it

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

That's it - the fear of falling is a sign that we recognise the fact that we're getting older, and that stung more that the grazes. But as much as the fear that I wouldn't be able to run if I'd broken anything I've never broken anything, though, so fingers crossed it remains that way. The key seems to be remaining aware of the hazards and not dreaming, which I'm not very good at.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to mfamilias]

.. I am the same.. but a tad wary now, after the incident of the ribs in the dark!

[ju-ju- Graduate10 in reply to mfamilias]

oh no... take care....

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-]

I have learned my lesson and am now being a bit less self-absorbed when I'm running.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

One run on Sunday... just a short 3K..but not a bad time Pleased with that..getting back onto the path! One run today.... 5K... old favourite route

[Hidden in reply to Oldfloss]

Respect for braving the icy cold today

[ju-ju- Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

well done, that sounds lovely

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Alas..damp and milder here..so not cold...soggy 😃

[Hidden]

Not a good start to 2017 - fell over in the shower on New Years Eve (before I had even had a drink!) which has resulted in badly bruised arm and ribs. Then woke up on New Years Day with streaming cold! So New Years running resolutions on hold for a week but itching to get back out there.

[mfamilias Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Poor you. Hope the bruising feels better soon, and hope the cold doesn't turn into a cough or it could be painful