Fading colours of autumn

[Beachcomber66]

Just a 10k easy style today to try to get rid of the post Park Run stiffness. Legs still feel a bit tight now but there you are. The temperature was down at 4 degrees, but I wondered if I really needed to wear leggings. So I ventured forth with shorts only. It was ok until it came to walking home from my post run cafe stop. I felt the nip then. So maybe I do need them! Maybe I was unduly influenced last week by a neighbour yelling that he didn’t think my tights and shorts set up looked very alluring.. I told him that I was relieved!😳. Definitely begins to feel like the start of winter.

At least the hills are getting easier now. Great fun whizzing down them ....I hope everyone has a great week 😊

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Photos please and then we’ll tell you how alluring you are. I haven’t worn shorts since September so it’s long legs for me every time now. I take a pair of track pants and fleece for straight after if I have somewhere to leave them because I do feel the cold then. We’ve left a bag with a cafe and done a there and back if it’s really cold.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Errrr .... let me think ..,no! 🤣 Nice try😊. Would be a nice follow up

to being captured on video!! In truth I probably do look ridiculous, but I usually share my running space with a few well wrapped up

walkers and lots of wildlife, and both are invariably polite. Alluring 🤨

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Lovely photo and great effort. Definitely been winter in the north with snow on nearby mountains for about a month now. I think people who aren't runners should keep quiet about what we wear 😉

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Oh I really don’t care GTB. He does ride a bike and has had health issues, so I wouldn’t hold not running against him. The (very minor) issue is that it is the sort of daft comment which could put off a more sensitive soul than me . 😊

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66]

Great news. I try not to look in mirror before going out then welcome all passers by with a cheery hello before they have a chance to make any comments.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

That is my usual experience. Nearly everyone gives a cheery hello; the running experience around here is overwhelmingly positive. I just leave any sense of dignity at home 🤣

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Hahaha. bet you’d have put in a good split time running away from your neighbour if he had found your tights and shorts were alluring BC! 😅

Gorgeous photo btw. This time of year really spoils us when it’s not raining. 😍

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

It is beautiful out there.?Freezing hard tonight...will need to be well wrapped up for future runs!!

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Always shorts for me - I did try leggings a couple of times last winter but wasn't keen. Mind you , it tends to be a bit warmer down here on the south coast.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

Yes; it is freezing tonight JP..definitely leggings weather.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Those trees are beautiful, yeah time to wear long leggings

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

It certainly is now!! Frozen windscreen tonight!

[misswobble Graduate10]

Oh eck 😫