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New shoes (belated birthday) πŸ₯³

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Good grief life and the speeds it's going allowed me time to post ( a quickie post).

Feeling brave enough to venture to Chester to the sports shop ( call me old fashioned it's my age πŸ‘΄) but you've gotta try footwear on or is it just me...... As my first pair of grown up running shoes were Brooks, I was looking around for a pair of trail to tarmac hybrids and the Brooks Cascadia fitted the bill perfectly.

Things happen for a reason and anyway up in a nutshell, last night I checked the website πŸ’₯ reduced πŸ₯³πŸ‘ Β£120 to Β£84..... All I now need is some mud and a hill, lucky I live in Wales πŸ˜†. And whilst the youngest teenager pj shopped in primani Dad wandered into Black's shopping gets better the running light by petzl I was looking at ( used on eBay the other day lost out by Β£1 grrrrr..... It's there on the shelf brand new shiny and boxed with the core battery pack a mere Β£35 stone the crows, bring on a muddy hill at night time....

Still running still loving it still dodging evil UV Ray's and slapping on the suncream..... ( Note to self must up the frequency of my postings

Keep safe and happy running out there people....

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Great to read you are still running and it sounds like you have been busy adding to your runner's kit and wardrobe admirably via retail therapy! Keep posting! 😊

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Thanks DD can we ever have enough running bits and bobs 🀫.....

Congrats on that recent 5k that's only gonna lead to bigger better runs πŸ₯³πŸ’ͺ

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Thank you. I might feel brave enough to start posting on this forum soon, however I'm still tentatively lurking on the bridge!

Little by little DD as a rule they say 10% increases πŸ‘

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Yes, I'm keeping to the rules ☺️. roseabi has given me a great support and a plan which eventually eases me into the Magic 10k plan.

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Dexy5Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Do tell us all about your next run on the plan. I will be doing it for the 3rd time soon after a spell on the IC. It really is magic.

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Sandraj39Graduate10

All sound good lm50! That's a fine looking pair of shoes too - hope you have many happy muddy miles in them! πŸ™‚

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I'm hoping my local park run is back soon as it's normally like a quagmire there πŸ‘

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Buddy34Graduate10

Happy birthday (whenever it was) love the shoes and the light. Is this what it takes to get men to go shopping🀣🀣. Enjoy πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

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Cheers Buddy, way back in June trainers I've been waiting for and perusing, but I'm definitely guilty of liking gadgets especially when bargain prices πŸ˜‡

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Buddy34Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Exactly , nothing better than money off something you are wanting to buy πŸ‘

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MartinKHGraduate10

Happy belated birthday. Great shoes and the light looks great too.

Happy ( muddy dark 🀣) running.

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Tasha99Graduate10

Happy birthday!

I also got running shoes and a head torch for my birthday 🀣

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Yaaaay snap Tasha99

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Jell6Graduate10

Thinking ahead to dark nights and mornings, what this does to us!.

It's great to treat yourself . I have a petzl headlamp, but not the spiffy rechargeable type.

They are very good, apart from me managing to clonk the bridge of my nose with it twice, I highly recommend them.

You think I would have learned after the first time 🀣.

Enjoy the new runners 😊

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Thanks Jell, I thought as the eyes start to fail, best get a head torch as my routes littered with low bridges on the canal πŸ€•. And I've wanted my trail shoes for a while so into said shop I plunged......

Btw your petzl should take a core battery pack?

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Jell6Graduate10β€’ in reply to

core battery pack...

Googling nowπŸ˜„

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Stop ya googling πŸ’‘I think they sell at about Β£25 unless eBay are cheaper..... And I paid 35 for my errr spiffy Uber bright one with a core pack from blacks in Chester πŸ‘

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lexi6Graduate10

Nice shoes Imc and Happy Birthday from last month fellow Gemini?

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Helllllloo Lexi it's gotta be the best 🌟 sign I reckon 2 for the price of one πŸ₯³ how's New Zealand?

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lexi6Graduate10β€’ in reply to

πŸ‘ the weather could be better, but we can’t change it, so just have to suck it up. I’m very glad lockdown is over though and pretty excited to be going to parkrun tomorrow morning.

PS I might have mentioned something? about liking Jaffa Cakes to my granddaughter and received her home made ones for part of my birthday pressies. Divine!

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Oooooohhhhhh home made ones omg I'll wait for the parcel in the post πŸ˜‹

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lexi6Graduate10β€’ in reply to

Don’t hold your breath! Don’t think they would last long enough to wrap up nmmmm, yummmmm, yum😊

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Dee_Nβ€’ in reply to

Snap with the Gemini!

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SaskAlliecatGraduate10

New kicks and a torch! Perfect! Time to explore. Yippee πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Bring on muddy dark night's Sask πŸ‘πŸ™‚

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CaptFrey60minGraduate

Excellent choice my first official runners are brooks 😁 Soooo comfy I envy your mud but not the hills, I am opposite you in the flatlands πŸ€—

I agree CaptFrey πŸ‘ both of pairs of my Brooks are like gloves and so comfy, saying that I guess others have their brands they like, horses for courses ..... We have plenty-perhaps too many hills in Wales β›°οΈπŸžοΈ, not so sure I could for one in the post though..... πŸ€”

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Dee_N

Happy birthday VRB!....What cake did you have? That's the important question!

I'm with you, I like trying things on before buying. I don't think it's an age thing! I'm a nervous online shopper, you can never really know what you're going to get. Jealous of the Chester shopping trip. I miss a good old shop....not the same with an impatient little person haha! At least you can send the teenager elsewhere!

Happy running!

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Cheers Dee I'm a lemon cake lover all day long πŸ˜‹ or a plain old Victoria sponge πŸ‘....

The downside to the teenager shopping is they keep asking for money 😭

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Dee_Nβ€’ in reply to

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚..... how old is the teenager?

I'd go with carrot cake but as all cakes know I love them all just the same!

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She's my mini teenager a fridge emptying permanently hungry 14yrs 🍰

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Dee_Nβ€’ in reply to

Fair enough.... still too young to get a job but old enough to spend all your money πŸ˜‚ ... yeah good luck with that one haha! Shopping is life at 14. I remember it well!

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Dexy5Graduate10

I agree, running shoes in particular are best bought in a shop. Essential for the first pair so that you can get fitted by experts. Our local independent allows you to run outside in them, which is the only way you’ll find out if they are right for you and have a good return policy too.

I wear brooks road shoes, but have gone for Saucony trails now. So much choice!

Happy running in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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