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Gawd I love this running thingy

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If you've ever worked a nightshift..... The worst one ever is clock change shift, a normal bed time of 3am becomes 4am and so on 😬..... I hit the pillow at 4.34am sneaking in quietly so as not to wake lounge campbed sleeping Mrs Wife ( NHS work has taken her to solo sleeping for peace of mind big empty bed weird πŸ₯΄.) Yep I'm awake bang on 9.30..... sleeping solo is weirdly odd 😢.

But hey ho breakfasted and freshened, and so snug I could've easily snoozed but the legs were saying, get up you promised us a run 😬.....

Yikes it's sooooooo chilly cold πŸ₯Ά. That wind made finding breathing sooo tricky, weird logic, I'm cold run quicker, I must have sounded like the flying Scotsman πŸš‚πŸ€« complete with visible breath. So on I chuffed and puffed ok I chose flat running purely to see if it was a little sheltered it was maybe a tad.....

I feel better I definitely feel awake, and yep I'm glad I listened to my legs....

They obviously knew what they wanted to do today they just kept it surprise from me haha..... 5k pb 26.38 ( can't upload photo)

Get out there people and listen to your legs they're probably right πŸ‘

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LittleIreland

It's soul destroying on a night shift when that clock goes back and you've got an extra hour to work. Forward is for celebration lol - I know where you are coming from having worked 35 years on shifts. They can be very tiring and disorientating.

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The weirdest thing is the eating 😬πŸ₯΄

My legs needed out this morning too - in the sunshine and the snow!! β˜€οΈ ❄️ 🌨 unbelievable !!

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Darn now that's just plain weird weather Delly dot

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I know!!! Weird times, weird weather πŸ™„

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limberlouGraduate10β€’ in reply to

Snow??? Whereabouts are you? It’s cold and windy but sunny down here

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South Downs. Just a few flurries in the air. It’s the first snow we’ve seen all winter and it comes today of all days, just as the clocks change and summer time begins!

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limberlouGraduate10β€’ in reply to

Blimey!!! Just what you need

Brilliant time there! Well done speedster!! πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†

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Buddy34Graduate10

Congratulations on your 5k PB and after only a few hours sleep πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

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It probably would've been easier to run straight after work πŸ˜‚

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Buddy34Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Or run home from workπŸ€”

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ju-ju-Graduate10

Fab run, great time too.......and yes I did a few years of nights. I HATED them. I worked as a nurse in A and E in London and it was often busier at night than in the day. It was one day when I just couldn’t sleep that I wrote my letter of resignation through tear filled eyes, and I went onto community nursing which wasn’t so dreadful on the sleep!! Take care and stay well 😎

Yikes an A &E nurse, and in London and on the graveyard shift 😬 you did dive in the deep end.... Good on you for surviving it ju-ju πŸ‘

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