Running in the rain 🏃‍♀️☔️😀

[Jools2020]

I couldn’t keep in Zone 3 on Saturday, so felt I hadn’t really had a slow run. Decided to have another go today. Maybe a really slow 5K.

What to wear? I was cold on Saturday, particularly my hands and I think that may have contributed to my heart rate being higher. It’s raining here this morning. So I decided on running tights, long sleeved top, windproof /waterproof jacket, gloves and my trusty sun visor, which keeps the rain off my glasses and my headphones in place! I was looking forward to running in the rain! 😀

I started running on the single track lane running parallel to the river. The surface has just been laid and the tarmac has a slight soft feel, very nice to run on! I settle into a pace in zone 3, relieved to see that I can do it today. I go as far as I can and touch the gate before I turn round (because that’s what you do 😀).

Coming back out onto the main road I don’t know what happened. I don’t even know if I can describe it! It was drizzling, but I wasn’t really getting that wet because of my jacket. Queen was playing through the headphones 🎧 🎶 and I was singing along with the music and moving my hands with the rhythm. I’m right in the centre of the village, 2K into my run and I suddenly felt so happy to be out running and singing! The mood kept with me for the whole of the run. I was waving to tractor drivers (there are a lot of them right now) not just to thank them for moving over, just waving and smiling and they were waving back. The Queen album ends and I decide I fancy singing in Spanish so I put Santana on and off I go again. The rhythm is perfect for my mood and I’m practically dancing as I’m running. I have to stop at one point as I start to encroach into Zone 4, so I’m standing on the road, dancing and singing to Santana! Rain pouring down and I’m loving it! I wish I could bottle this feeling and take it home with me! 🥰

I hadn’t intended to run for an hour, but this run was no effort at all and the time just crept up. I ended it just over an hour. I see Strava has robbed me of a few seconds, but today, I don’t even mind. 🌧 🏃‍♀️🎶💕😀

Photo taken a few days ago from my back garden.

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Oh, you had rain !

It was nice here but I didn't go ☹️

Glad you enjoyed your run !

They are the ones we want all the time aren't they , the ones that just feel effortless 😁

Well done

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thanks, Ian. Yes, we had - and still have - rain. I’m just glad I spent 5 hours gardening yesterday! 👍

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Haha, 5 hours gardening is about as much as I do all year 😂

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

😂

[BonniesRest]

Such a beautiful picture and great description of your run. Thankyou! I need to get a jacket now I think! ☔️

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to BonniesRest]

Thanks 🙏. Jacket is great, I love it. It’s fitted and very light. Kept my top half dry as a bone.

[Hidden]

How wonderful a run is that 😃, perfect. I love the image of you singing and waving, what a happy place you have found. I’m not quite at the singing out aloud stage but almost 😆 .... my slow running attempt this morning was very similar, best ever attempt to keep my heart rate low for nearly an hour. Now I need a rain jacket, which one do you have Jools? It sounds just the job.

🤗

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks, it really was a lovely run! 😀 Sounds like you had a great run, too.

The jacket is an Asics Accelerate, I bought it from sportsshoes.com.

[Hidden in reply to Jools2020]

I did 😀, thanks Jools, my leggings, t shirt and warm long sleeved top are all ASICS and I’ve had them for years, will take a look 🤗

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Haha, maybe the jacket is meant to be!

[Vinchie13]

Sound like fun was had. I can’t wait to experience one of those runs.

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Vinchie13]

Hope it won’t be too long before you do! 👍

[Jiveblue Graduate10]

Wow - what a fab run!! Made me smile and feel good just thinking about it! Go you!

Lovely pic too...

Happy running!!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Jiveblue]

Thank you 🙏 and to you, too 🏃‍♀️👍

[Roxdog Graduate10]

What a lovely post I can feel the joy! I ran in the rain this morning and loved it. What a gift you have given yourself!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

It was wonderful 🏃‍♀️😀; I’m so glad I’m a runner!

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Haha - just thought that I sing out loud sometimes, but my voice is like a flamenco singer! So maybe I should sing in Spanish too! 😂

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

Haha, yes, maybe you should! I have a few Spanish albums and I always learn all the words and check any vocabulary I don’t know. I learned Spanish in school, studied it at college and worked in Spain; I love the language.

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

I love Spanish. My father has spoken it to me since I was a child (he's not spanish), so I understand it very well, but speak it less well. I love flamenco, so may add some to my playlist and croak along!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

That’s fantastic, you definitely should 👍😀

[Tinytears60 Graduate10]

Oh I bet you’re a joy to come across .. running, smiling, singing and almost dancing...brightening up the tractor drivers day! 🚜

Great run too 👏👏👏

Great start to the day 😀

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Tinytears60]

Thanks 🙏 Tinytears60 , yes I like to think so; I noticed a few car drivers laughing as they drove past the mad woman in the rain 😂. How are you feeling today? 💕

[Tinytears60 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

You made them smile 😀

Not great to be honest ... awaiting Dr to come back to me x

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Tinytears60]

Chicken soup is the answer! I hope you feel better soon, Princess TT 💕

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

I wish I had been there to see that! What a wonderful picture you painted with that description of your wonderful run in the rain this morning. Anyone seeing you would have thought you were some crazy lady! 😁

We had rain too this morning. It's stopped now but looks threatening again - I will need to keep an eye out as my running kit is pegged out to dry for tomorrow morning.

That's a pretty awesome view you have from your garden as well by the way

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Crazy - but happy! You know, I just didn’t care 😀.

The view is gorgeous if you love the fen landscape. The reeds in the foreground are just beyond the end of our garden and are visited every year by a gorgeous little reed warbler. I’ve been out there for hours before trying to get a shot! Managed a few really good ones of him warbling.

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

They can be tricky blighters at the best of times. Heard much more often than seen. How wonderful to have that right at the bottom of your garden😀

[Hidden]

Adore this

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

This is the magic of running when you put all the ingredients in over time. Roots and shoots as I call it. Magnificent run!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

It was! And to think I nearly didn’t have it. I usually do some kind of speed work on Tuesdays and you can’t dance to Santana and run fast at the same time 😀

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

🎶Siiinging in the raain 🎶 the joy is radiating out of every word of your post! I've got the biggest smile on my face, thank you 😊 it's just the best feeling isn't it 😀

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

It was indeed joyful 🥰. No records broken, no PBs, just joy, pure and simple 😀

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

It’s just bliss when a run goes totally right isn’t it? I had Queen too this morning on my run

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

It was wonderful! My Queen playlist always lifts my mood 😀

[Bontobpat]

Inspiring!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Bontobpat]

🥰

[MontyMooDog]

Yet another good run there Jools👍😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to MontyMooDog]

Thanks 🙏 it was a good run! Have you recovered now from your hamstring injury!

[MontyMooDog in reply to Jools2020]

I don't know. I'm proper fed up. Not been running for 2 weeks now. Had hamstring issue and then had to get my daughter off to university. Came back with the most horrendous cough and headcold and wondered if I should get a Covid test. But just starting to feel a bit better today but still have no energy and can't run😩

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to MontyMooDog]

What a nuisance! I don’t think that you get a head cold with Covid. Good that you are feeling better, though. I guess you just have to ride it for a few more days, then go on a short run to assess what’s going on. Hope you feel well enough to run soon 🤞

[MontyMooDog in reply to Jools2020]

Yes will have to restart with a slow short run for sure as I'm sure I've lost some of my fitness already. So just got to keep my head down and get better and take it from there 👍