Woke up to rain, Willow pointed this out to me as i sat in bed drinking my tea but it’s my day off and i want to run! so a little discussion about the sort of rain it is. I was just getting to the sage of..... why bother we can’t run what’s the point of having a day off.....when i looked out, said it’s only drizzle but i totally understand if you don’t want to, i will go on my own when we both pulled on running clothes and off we went
I set up a 5k easy run on my garmin and it was easy and slow, very wet, a few dog walkers in the park, I ran off the track onto the grass and under the trees, it was lovely 😊 then my music stopped so ran without listening to the wind in my ears and my breathing that isn’t too loud,
I ran by the golf course and someone was there so ran through the middle, boy it’s windy when out from the shelter of the park, ran back to find Willow and ran the last kilometre together then i carried on a bit while Willow finished
We felt so pleased we ran so off to the bank, then to boots then a bit of a drive to my favourite sweet shop, drop the money off at work and home, coffee and next on my list is hot bath
Keep safe keep well and if you can keep running
Oh and Garmin added another year onto our fitness ages, we don’t much like garmin lol 😂
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Garmin's formula seems to favour intervals rather than long runs. It's interesting to track, but is ultimately only a rough guess at your fitness level.
Mine dipped three points in the last week of C25K when I originally did it. It recovered and improved when I was doing interval runs earlier this month but is has stayed static now I'm on the continuous runs phase of C25K. I expect it to dip a little over the next weeks.
There seems to be an option on Garmin watches deep in the menus to do a specific VO₂Max measurement run or walk. I've not tried it yet, so don't know what it entails. (My Stats → VO2 Max. Swipe up. Test Now.)
Good post and a lovely photo of both of you, so you discussed what sort of rain it was, in the UK you get all sorts of rain with local names, for example in Scotland drizzle is called smir, fine rain, if it's not too heavy you can go a walk or a run, the worst kink of rain is freezing rain which as the name suggests freezes on impact and is dangerous, nice easy 5K for you, that was unkind of Garmin adding one year on to your fitness age, just ignore him.
It's a case of the faster you run Mr Garmin will give you a lower age, if you ran a 5K in 20 minutes he would say that you are 25 or younger, if you ran a 5K in 55 minutes, well goodness knows what age he would say that you were, as you say, ignore him.
Thanks Dexy I have always run, what’s so good is that Willow runs with me because he really didn’t want to in the beginning but soon wanted to run more than me
Poor old garmin we are all ignoring him, I shouldn’t moan about 56 but i liked it better when he said my fitness age was 49
I was in bed Willow was leaning out the window smoking hence the discussion about rain , he’s a London boy I don’t think they went out in the rain, me I was brung up on a farm we went out whatever the weather
I now like running in the rain and it did get harder and harder, I did wonder what the bank would think of me but i stood 2 meters apart from a woman just back from a dog walk so all their customers (all 2 of us) were very wet
The lady in boots was quite interested in the reason i looked like a drowned rat as was the young girl in the sweet shop, We do usually go straight home after a run but today we may not have got out again so got the other things done first
I had a few winter mixture left over from christmas when i gave up smoking in January and remembered that clove drops make cigarettes taste horrible, they don’t sell them in many shops though so it means a trip out so i buy a big bag at a time and loads of people at work look very sad when i run out lol
I love running in the rain- there is just something about being immersed in the elements! ...But I only love it wearing my trusty breathable, waterproof cycling jacket because I like a warm torso- everything else can get wet. 😄 I also wear a running cap to keep the rain off my glasses.
I went out wearing a hoodie which i tied round my waist after a couple of kilometers but i noticed the cold round my waist and hips when i untied it at the end to put back on
Me too 😉...I’m in training this year to ‘embrace the rain’...and the rest..🥶..😬 WillowandSola!! 😂😂! So, I’m training my brain to think of the ‘wonderful’, ‘satisfied’, ‘smiley’, hot showers, after the run. I definitely think it will be put to the test today too. 🌧 🏃🏽♀️ 🚿 😄
Well done for getting out there despite the weather conditions and achieving another 5k, I imagine that coffee and hot bath felt great after braving the elements 👍🏃♀️🏃♂️
Entertaining as usual. Thank you Willow and Sola for the images...... 🤣😁🤗 and well done for getting out there. Definitely ignore Mr Garmin!! I don't run with him but love running in drizzle to keep the beetroot and radishes from taking hold. The slippery mud on the trails where I run make it almost impossible to run quickly and safely so at the moment I am yoyoing on Runkeeper from 3rd/4th fastest to 29th/38th fastest (I LOVE it says..... fastest 🤣🤣) due to trying to keep upright on a muddy trail!! That's probably why you are suddenly older again. Just wait until it's drier and you will suddenly be 21 yet again 🤗🤗🤷♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️. Have fun!
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