tantrum but no tiara...

[Mummycav]

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

[lardofale Graduate10]

Ha! I thought I saw a little mushroom cloud rising in the north! Damn that gadgetry!! ;0) x

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to lardofale]

Haha....you saw it!! 😉

[SuzyKK]

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

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SuzyKK]

They are aren’t they?! I’ll be smiling about this one all day!!! X

[MikeJones68 Graduate10]

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!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to MikeJones68]

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....

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Ha, you ran loads Mummycav...that first 10 minutes counts as well!😊

I know exactly how you feel though, having the tech recording your efforts makes a huge difference, it feels like a waste if the evidence is lost😆...

BUT.. it all goes in our running bank making us fitter and stronger!

Well done too on your Parkrun last Saturday...c'mon Bevlar you are back on track!😊xx👑

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

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 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10]

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.

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Thank you Sask..there was def steam...and giggles!! Another run under my belt though despite the faffage! Xx

[Sadie-runs Graduate10]

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!

Sadie-runs xxx

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sadie-runs]

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

[Sadie-runs Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

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?”

Yours sincerely

Sadie-runs xxx

[Deals1 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Bone conducting headphones?!

[Decker]

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 🙂

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Decker]

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!!! 🙄

[Decker in reply to Mummycav]

Haha yep I probably would too 😁

[Duddles]

Runs don't count if they are not recorded on your Garmin or Strava. They just didn't happen!

(They do, but those devices are like nagging fishwives. Perhaps that is why nagging fishwives have died out, replaced by Garmins throughout the world)

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Duddles]

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!!) 🤣🤣🙄

[alisonx Graduate10]

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

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to alisonx]

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

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

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 ☹️

But well done for persevering Mummycav 👏👏

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

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

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

brilliant, well done you...

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-]

Thanks ju-ju- ....some days eh?! X

[Myrar]

Aww its so fustrating days like that ..well done on your time tho thats brilliant ..you showed it who was boss mummycav ..well done you 😀😀

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Myrar]

Thanks Myrar , on a different day I'd have walked back to the car & called it a draw but not today

[FormulaRun Graduate10]

😂 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. 🏎🏁

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to FormulaRun]

Thanks FormulaRun this is true...plenty of stretches afterwards keep the pains away 😉

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

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. 🎅🏻⏰

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Lol...I was proper like a toddler!! My letter to Santa is done, let’s hope I can wait that

long?!

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

You’ll love it all the more for the wait ( I think my mum used to tell us that anyway)

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Ah this made me laugh 😂 in a good way

6k in 39 mins is great. Pleased u could laugh too. Despite the tech problems u still did it

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Lol...I did but grrrrr....I need working tech....which bit made you laugh?! Lol...I just say it how it is!!! X

[Deals1 Graduate10 in reply to Mummycav]

Well u have new tech on your Santa list now 😁😁

[Fabulous450 Graduate10]

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! 👌🏽🤩🤩🤩❤️

[JulesAllostock]

My run last week was on sore knees, so I took it very slowly. Strava recorded it as an "afternoon walk" to add insult to injury (literally)

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

Grrrrr...strava is after us! I think gremlins have taken over the management?!

[Richard7 Graduate10]

Well done MC determination wins the day.

You might be able to sync your Fitbit to Strava.

support.strava.com/hc/en-us...