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Hurrah! A good run! ๐ŸŽ

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So I arranged to start work a little later and hit the road early. Wearing very little! I was quite shocked at myself; not half as shocked as my flesh, however, which rose up in great hilly goosebumps, every fine hair alert and quivering in shock. Within a couple of minutes, of course, my body realised we werenโ€™t going to get anywhere near hypothermic and we relaxed into a steady rhythm. It was such a relief to be able to breathe through more than just my mouth and nose! I thoroughly recommend baring as much flesh as possible.

I had a plan this time; nose-breathe as much as possible, run the regular circuit, run for 30 minutes without stopping.

I felt comfortable... I tootled along breathing through my nose, absorbing the wind and even enjoying the cooling and invigorating effects. I had put on some folksy music someone I know has written; not my usual fare but I found myself relaxing and enjoying it. The sun was shining and it really felt great to be out.

As I turned for home just past the halfway mark, I had a little delay holding a gate open for someone, then off it was for the last stretch uphill. I looked at my watch at that point and realised I was on target for a 5k PB, which slightly sabotaged my easy run! The last 4 minutes or so were very uphill with three gates and a cattle grid and I was pushing the pace...

I finished just outside my PB and was pretty out of breath for 30 seconds or so, but wow, that was a good run! What a difference a couple of days makes. What makes it even better is that it is now absolutely lashing it down outside so Iโ€™m feeling a bit smug that I got out early.

E27 told me about the Recovery Adviser function. It seems I needed 26 hours rest.

We will see!

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Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66Graduate10

Great run ktsok....that's the beauty of what we do, the next great run is always out there, just waiting for you !! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toBeachcomber66

It is!

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Jell6Graduate10

Smug is good, whoop whoop๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ’.

So early runs are betterโœ…

Heaven only knows how much flesh you will have to bare in the warmer weather, but if it works..

So pleased you had a good run today. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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E27M14Graduate10

Whoop whoop! Go you!!

Just looking at your stats (obviously not comparing myself to you at all) but you run fast AND you have big strides....... are you really tall? Well done on remembering to dress down, I think we are all going to cook when the summer arrives, especially if it is like last year!

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toE27M14

Enormous! 5โ€™6โ€ (very nearly) ๐Ÿ™‚

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E27M14Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

lol! Iโ€™m 5โ€™3 and a bit, my average stride length was 0.74 today, thatโ€™s the longest itโ€™s ever been yet ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Think I need to practice stretching my legs!!

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toE27M14

I take quite short fast steps I think, and Iโ€™m working on trying to spring โ€˜upโ€™, so the feet are kind of pushing me forwards as opposed to just absorbing impact... and I do work my arm swing... itโ€™s only 14cm difference... whatโ€™s your cadence? I usually average between 170-180 spm...

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E27M14Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

165spm seems to be my happy pace. But 14cm difference at 165spm is 23 metres in every minute. If we both ran for 30 mins you wouldโ€™ve run almost 700m further than me.... so to get my time down as well as upping the cadence a little I need to increase that stride.

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toE27M14

You are talking maths and I LOVE IT! ๐Ÿ˜œ

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

Dear Lord, listen to you and E27M14!. What's more amazing is that you both probably only have to read it once to make sense of it.

I am in awe, seriously.๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿงฎ๐Ÿค—

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toJell6

Hehe. I just took E27โ€™s word for it but now feel compelled to follow the trail...

So 0.14 metres (difference in stride) x 165 spm (the number E27 takes) = 23.1 metres per minute. Multiply that 23.1 metres by 30 minutes and you get the 693 metres (almost 700) figure.

But... as well as stride length, my spm is greater, so...

Over 30 minutes E27 takes 165 spm @ 0.74 mps (metres per stride) = a distance of (165 x 30 x 0.74) 3,663 metres.

Over 30 minutes kt takes 175 spm @ 0.88 mps (metres per stride) = a distance of (174 x 30 x 0.88) = 4,593.

So thatโ€™s a difference of 930 metres over 30 minutes running.

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

Ktsok, I knew that!!! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

So this is all perfectly discombobulating to me, but, simple question....Did you measure your stride or is it an approximation based on your height?

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toJell6

I know you know. I was just enjoying myself lol. Itโ€™s the Garmin! It gives us our cadence ๐Ÿ™‚

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

No, I really didnโ€™t know ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Plus now Iโ€™ve just seen your leggings, For the love of all that is Funky, they are extremely spiffy.

Love them ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’•

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toJell6

Thank you! Me too... despite the thinness ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿคซ

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toktsok

Keep you cool ๐Ÿฅถ, maybe need your big knickers ๐Ÿ˜†

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toJell6

No maybe about it!

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Wimborneโ€ข in reply toktsok

Oh my god get you two. My head hurts and had to stop reading ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Wimborneโ€ข in reply toJell6

I thought that too ๐Ÿ˜‚. They lost me halfway though.

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Jell6Graduate10โ€ข in reply toWimborne

I was happy to be able to write discombobulating, and now I have again ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Wimborneโ€ข in reply toJell6

That made me laugh out loud ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. My dog is now looking at me rather oddly too

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Bridget007

That sounds like a really lovely run! You certainly can run fast uphill and over gates and cattle grids ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Iโ€™m not surprised you were a little out of breath! I couldnโ€™t run that fast on the flat!!! Well done ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toBridget007

Thanks Bridget. Yes, I noticed today that I seem to naturally speed up on inclines; unconsciously I lean into the hill and give it more welly and just dig in. I am absolutely knackered at the top though!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Great running... PB would have gone if not for those gates for sure! As a winter long member of the shorts and t-shirt club, well done baring that flesh! Enjoy that next one.

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toUnfitNoMore

Cheers UNM. Iโ€™m coming round to the idea of goose pimpled starts! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Tinker5393Graduate10

Fab run, I think you did a bit more than toodle , very speedy . It was a bit like running backwards today at some pints but very exhilarating. ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toTinker5393

Yes, it can be exhilarating! Although there was a moment today when I lost my hair band with the wind behind me, so was almost running blind!

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grumpyoldgirl

That's a fab run kt, hats off to you girl!

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ktsokโ€ข in reply togrumpyoldgirl

Thanks GOG!

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Sandie1961Graduate10

What a great run and even more so that you enjoyed it so much. Your final km was incredibly fast! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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ktsokโ€ข in reply toSandie1961

And it was uphill! Bizarre how it works sometimes ๐Ÿคช

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