Morning everyone....oooo, I feel like I've deserted you all over the last week or so...hope you didn't think I'd gone AWOL?? well, I'm back...I have still been running in between the odd niggle here & there...my last run was on Saturday morning at the parkrun which Strava (with whom my relationship is rapidly dwindling) failed to record, I managed to complete the run in 39.odd secs, not the fastest I know but I was taking it steady & I quite enjoyed it & its always good when someone you know has finished and you still have a lap to go but they shout at the top of their voice "COME ON BEV!!!!" but also slightly embarrassing because everyone focuses on the ambulance dodger puffing her way round, looking like she would never make it to the next bridge!! But the spring in my step did return for a bit at least!!...after having a 'day of dodgy knee' last Thursday, not being able to put any weight on it at all & thinking I'd got 'runners knee' & would have to have a few more days off, sigh, I was a bit peeved to say the least as the week before it was my flipping ankle!! By this time I'm starting to wonder if there was some gremlins hiding in the box with my new trainers??? stranger things have happened???
Anyway, this morning was faffage gone mad!!! I am not kidding, I was ready to pack in & slop off home dragging my bottom lip on the floor but something inside me was not giving up this morning, oh no, crack on you green little twonks, come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!!!! I paid my due in the parking machine, I was definitely intent on a longer run this morning as I put 80p in for 2 hours!! I meant business.....
I have phone troubles at the moment and have had to revert back to an old phone that hasn't got all the apps on that my current phone has so I had made sure I'd downloaded all I needed...Strava, runkeeper, spotify...they were all there, so I set them all off & off I went, I had those 'looking forward to this run' bubbles in my stomach....well, to cut a long story short, I looked at strava after I'd been running for about 10 mins because nothing had been announced and my distance was 0.00...no words, absolutely no words...so I looked at runkeeper hoping the drill sergeant had been doing his job....nope...he said I'd run 3.11kms...OMG, what the heck is going on??? So I stopped, deleted those activities & started to record again, this time holding my phone in my hand...nothing...oh, I know why, its on walking...D'oh...so I set strava off again, but this time there was no GPS...So I whipped my earphones out, sat on a wall & faffed, nothing was working & it had frozen...I wasn't a happy bunny...I could feel a tantrum coming on...I threw my phone into a pile of leaves (knowing it wouldn't break but I would get some satisfaction of lobbing it) if there hadn't have been someone walking past I would've stamped my foot aswell….tears welled in my eyes, "someone or something somewhere is trying to scupper my running" I thought....
I picked the blooming thing up, turned everything off & decided that I would just rely on my fitbit….my run was just so scatty this morning but once I had decided to go without my tech it turned around, I kept looking at my fitbit & was so pleased when I got to 5k because it read just over 32 mins which is my 2nd fastest, shame Strava wasn't there to share my news!!! I carried on until I reached 6.1k at 39 mins...I was so chuffed with this!!! Then when I got in the car Strava told me I had run 5.2k in 37 mins??!! How did he know, I'd turned him off!!!!??!
So this morning, I don't really know how far I have run...but I had a little giggle at my tantrum when I got in the car....happy running everyone, hope your run today turns out better than this one!!! xxx
MC x
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The best runs are those that make us really happy, & though it started off all wrong, you ended with the giggles... Maybe trying to tell you just relax & enjoy (I had a giggle too, add it sounds so much like me!) xxx
Funny how we come addicted to the results on the tech isn't it? My last Park Run should have given me a 5k PB by more than 1 minute, but Strava only recorded the run as 4.98k so it didn't count it. Rather than being elated with my chip time I was annoyed with the stupid phone app!
Yes, I was soooooo cross!! I had psyched myself up for a decent distance this morning, hence the energy bar but that wasn’t happening!! Tech is fab when it works but I’d rather the blooming car break down than my running apps!! Grrrrrrr....
You’re right Bluebirdrunner , it does seem like it’s not true somehow?! And you’re also right saying that it all goes in the bank & builds our legs & stamina...what would I do without you here to prop me up? Xxxx c’mon BEVLAR 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Way to get it done despite the tech trying to sabotage you! You got some good distance in, starting and stopping with steam coming out of your ears but giggling by the end.
Oh Bev! What a palaver. I gave up (with a hissy fit) on Strava, Runkeeper and some other app I cannot remember when all of them went haywire at one point. I just don't think the GPS on our phones is good enough. Then my birthday came and my sister gave me a Garmin – no looking back! It works a treat, never fails to record a run and is my most faithful running friend. Christmas is coming, dear Bev-lar, and Santa knows you have been good, so maybe you need to write a letter to Santa? 🎅🏻
Sometimes niggles can be related, and one can lead to another. Don't fret. Just be mindful and rest when you need to. I had a sore knee for a wee while, and just shortened my stride and it seems to have buggered off. (The sore knee).
Thanks for your post – it was lovely to hear all your news, I have missed ewe!
Aw, thank you Sadie...I miss the forum too, I don’t always post my runs now for fear of getting boring and setting a domino effect of yawns up and down the country!! I was just talking about my Christmas list on Saturday night after a couple of glasses, I’d said about some bone conducting headphones, those are a deffo....now it’s looking like a Garmin will have to be added to it....better get the Argos catalogue out....!! Glad nothing more serious became of your sore knee, we are proper runners listening to our bodies aren’t we?? 😉💪🏻🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️👏🏻👏🏻 Xxxxx
Same! But I love reading your posts, so you should never fear a yawn fest! Plus, I think you write highly entertaining reports (trust me, I am an editor). 😁 Oooh bone-conducting headphones - I would love a pair of those.
“Dear Santa
I have been very good this year, running and all that, and not giving up, even in the dark, the rain, when short on time. Please could you bring me some of those bone-conducting headphones?”
Some runs just want to go that way don’t they? I still have not been able to leave the watch at home and just run. 🙂 At least it wasn’t a major event where it happened. You were smiling by the end too 🙂
They do don’t they...least when you expect too?! I feel like I need to know how far I’ve run & how long it’s taken me otherwise it’s not real!! Maybe we need to try leaving everything at home & just doing a Forrest Gump thing?? If I did that, I’d find myself driving the route so I could clock it in the car!!! 🙄
That’s def how it feels Duddles & we all know that’s all in our heads! It’s like going on holiday & not taking a single photo!? That just wouldn’t happen would it? Yikes, if you think nagging fishwives have died out, you haven’t been to Brighouse!!! (Not me I hasten to add!!) 🤣🤣🙄
What a brilliant post! One thing i have learned here is not to use strava lol
Good old fitbit
You have a great determination, and properly put an end to those gremlins despite their interference.
When did we all become so obsessed with the tech lol, it wasn't even a factor when we started C25K and now look at us...its so silly but soooo important. Hopefully you find something that does the job
Thanks alisonx ...I know, it’s ridiculous...we go on about kids having their faces in their screens all the time but really, we can be just as bad!!! My little old Fitbit is my faithful friend, bought it with a tax rebate after I’d been running for about 3 months & I was the happiest girl in the whole of Yorkshire!! This old iPhone 5 I’m having to use is a bit of a dinosaur so that will have played some part in my disasterous & that’s why it ended up being chucked in a pile of leaves!!! Grrrrrr...
“This run will be better” will be my mantra next time out x
Blimey, what a palaver 🙄 It's funny how we get so frustrated with technology. I remember once driving to a run route and when I got there realised I'd left my Garmin at home and for a second thought about driving back home for it! Common sense prevailed and I didn't. But I very nearly did ☹️
Lol...I know, I was shattered before I’d even flippin started! I have set off & turned around when I’ve forgotten my phone, running without the tech & music worries me! What did people do in the olden days!.??
Thankyou Irishprincess ....I def had my determined head on x
😂 flaming tech. I feel your pain. I gave up and recorded the run manually last week as gadgetry was not playing ball! Hey ho - you know you did it, your muscles know you did it - that’s what counts!!! Hope your ache & pains stay away. 🏎🏁
I can just imagine you sitting on the wall throwing your phone down Mummycav. Like a toddler having a tantrum. 😂 I don’t think the phones can cope with too many apps demanding GPS signals.
Like Sadie-runs said , I think the time has come for you to write to Santa to ask for a sports watch. 🎅🏻⏰
Absolutely fantastic Mummycav!! 😍😍😍! I’ve definitely had those days, but if you’re laughing at yourself by the time you get back in the car, it’s all been worth it! Aaaah....the faffage! We are close pals! But, life might be a little boring without it. I’m sure I’d manage quite well with a lot less mind! 😂
You did mean business and business was completed! ✅ Well done you! 👌🏽🤩🤩🤩❤️
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(I had a giggle too, add it sounds so much like me!) xxx
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