I had intended a 4k interval session as my first run of week 5 this morning.
My usual route past the rugby club was flooded in places on Saturday, so was undoubtedly impassable after yesterdays deluge, necessitating a re-planning of my route along the roads. I really do prefer running off-road.
I set up an interval based workout and synched it to my watch last night and was quite excited about trying it out. However, setting off this morning I found I had forgot about factoring in the warm up walk - which I didn't want to count towards my 4k - so I abandoned that idea and did a slow 5k instead.
The only trouble was, instead of an uphill finish of 1k, I now had a 2k uphill stretch at the end. I certainly knew I was working by the finish!
Again, I selected the wrong clothing - leggings and high-vis long sleeved top as it was still dark when I set off and because of route along the roads I wanted to be seen. Like my last few runs I ended up way too hot 2.5k in.🥵 Note to self - wear shorts and T-shirt on Wednesday!
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That was a hot run for you today Birdlady64, always difficult to judge what to wear for a run, certainly if the temperature is above 10C/50F, wear shorts and a T Shirt, to know what the temperature is where you live just Google "temperature in? " that way you will know what to wear for your run
I was at a parkrun last year when the temperature was - 6C/21F, a cyclist 🚴who cycled to it showed me his frozen water bottle which was at the back of his bike, but despite those low temperatures there were several runners in SHORTS😂
I usually wear shorts when running if the temperature is 10C or above.
I was wearing quite thick clothing, certainly not shorts, I was even wearing gloves for part of the run, amazingly despite the low temperature my time of 30.56 was only 1 second over my PB of 30.55 which I had run on the same course 9 weeks earlier in shorts with a temperature of 18C and lovely sunshine.
I am in Scotland and the loch which all the runners ran round part of was frozen, I remarked to another runner that we could take a shortcut over the ice but that would be cheating, after the run we could do a bit of ice skating but I didn't see anyone doing that, we just all wanted to get home and warm up.
I think sometimes changing your mind after starting the run is a good idea. Following your instinct! Uphill running is tough! I totally agree about road running. I think I'm faster on roads but much prefer trails and paths, even if they're flooded! I remember when I was doing cto5k last winter breaking the ice on the canal tow path like a kid! Much more treacherous on pavements!
Ha ha! I have this image now of you rampaging along the towpath, deliberately stamping your feet to smash up the ice. A bit like Peppa Pig and muddy puddles 😀
I think I'm finally staring to learn how to take the uphill stretches a bit more in my stride. It's definitely a "thing" in my head, but I don't try to avoid them like I did when I was doing c25k.
I just prefer being in the countryside than the town, and I definitely do not like running in traffic.
Brilliant run, I usually decide on the day how far I am going to run unless I am going for a record and then I usually psych myself up the night before. I went out this morning in the rain and found it too hot in a tee shirt. My daughter tells me you only run in a long top if the temperature is below 8.
Thanks. It turned out alright from a bit of a disastrous start.
I'm doing the Magic Plan, so I can't be too spontaneous with things at the moment, and I need to do the longer runs at weekends when I have more time.
I only wore the long sleeved top as it was quite dark when I went out and it's the only high-vis bit of kit I have (flourescent yellow with reflective stripes - very fetching!)
Well done for your 5K! It is difficult to know what to wear. I made an error last week and was too cold. I hadn’t factored in the wind. My hands were numb within 5 minutes and I almost went home. I was wearing shorts and my legs weren’t cold, but everything else was.
For my run on Saturday, it was the opposite - but it was raining so I wore my waterproof jacket (and shorts). I ended up taking the jacket off and getting wet, the rain was nice and cool. You can’t win! I’m going to start walking down my garden before I set out then maybe I’ll be able to judge what to wear. At 10 degrees I’d definitely wear shorts.
Thank you! I was the same in Saturday - went out dressed for pouring rain. The rain stopped and I was so hot and sweating buckets with the humidity too.
There are always things to surprise and something new to learn about this running business.
All these experiences make memories 😁😁😁 well done though on adapting and getting out there. You are well on your way!
Haha I know , i have been reluctant to run the last few days as I'm waiting to for a jacket to arrive ! (Hopefully today) but probably won't need it tomorrow when I intend to run 😂
Haha, well as you may remember from my post last week, I'm champion at putting on too many layers and cooking myself, so know exactly where you're coming from!!🏃♀️😆
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