A Not So Slow Road Run - And A Minor Wardrobe Malfunction

[Birdlady64]

I haven't run since Saturday - I think that's the longest since starting c25k in April. 😨 It just seems hard to make time now I am back in work - but I was desperate to get out today.

I'd planned for a run this evening - in my new hi viz top again - but the sun came out as it got close to lunchtime so I decided to take an extended lunch break (I'll make the time up later) and go for a run.

It was cold - 2.9 degrees according to the sensor on the back wall of the house (in the sun) so I opted for my new Race at Your Pace compression top under another long sleeved top, tights, buff, gloves and buff sun visor.

I set my ELO playlist going (this is a current favourite) and set off. I don't have any aim for this run other than to run - I'd like to do a 6k but probably don't have quite enough time for that as I need to get back, stretched, lunched and showered in time for a meeting on Teams. Let's see...

I'm running along the road today again - see below for why. There is less traffic around than normal, but a lot more than I thought there would be considering we are all supposed to be staying at home.

I'm warming up a bit and so off come the gloves.

A bit later I feel a bit chilly around my midriff for some strange reason. I've never had that before. Then I notice my new compression top is riding up as I run. I pull it back down to my hips from around my chest.

And repeat...

And repeat...

Should I stop and try tucking the top into my tights? No I decide to keep going and just employ the occasional downward yank.

I haven't checked my watch to see my pace on this run as I've been trying to run by feel lately - but this run feels slow. I check the time and decide I can probably make 5.5k, so I opt for one lap of the Leisure Centre instead of my hoped for two.

Finishing my run I stop the watch - 5.41km. OK a slight miscalculation but never mind. I enjoyed my run - wardrobe malfunction notwithstanding - and I'm glad I came out. It was nice being in the sunshine. 🌞

Reaching home I have just enough time to do what I need before my meeting.

Checking the stats afterwards I'm pleasantly surprised to discover that my time over 5k was my 3rd fastest - so not that slow after all. 😁

The photo was taken in the woods on my wellie walk yesterday and is part of the route I used during c25k. I don't think I'll be running there for a while yet. The mud is ridiculous - I've not seen anything like it 25 years of living here - and there is standing water everywhere. We desperately need a few dry days.

Maybe I just have a weird body shape but next time I will try tucking my compression top into my tights to see if that stops it rolling all the way up my body as I run.

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on your run today , I also managed to get a 5k in 👍It was cold though 😁

It was my first run sins Dec 30th !

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thanks Ian. It was chilly today but I soon warmed up - I am learning that I run warm. Funny how a few of us seem to be struggling a bit at the moment.

The days are getting longer so that should help. I might stop watching the news for a while as well

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Yes, I have to limit the news to be honest , otherwise we are just drip fed with doom and gloom all day long .☹️

[nowster Graduate10]

I think the "yank down the errant top" action is commonly called the Picard manoeuvre. 🤣

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

Definitely! 😂

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

And I though it was a battle manoeuvre invented by Jean Luc Picard where a starship can appear to be in two places at the same time.

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

I thought that was due to a rift in the space time time continuum 😂

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Wasn't that something to do with the daleks or Torchwood?

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

😂 haven’t a clue, but I’m a serious Trekkie !

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Ooh! You dark horse you! Do you dress up and go to those conventions and everything

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Haha, no! Not quite that bad, but loved watching it on TV. Many times over!

[Scottie1000 in reply to Birdlady64]

On my first week living in London I wandered into a Trekkie meeting in a local pub. I thought I'd fallen through a wormhole.

[Instructor57 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Wasen't that ' Back to the future' ? 🤔😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

As well. Yes I think so 😊

[dijep Graduate10]

Good use of a lunchtime. That top sounds really annoying, I'm sure tucking it in should solve the problem. I've had the opposite problem with running tights slipping downwards, I'll only buy ones with a drawer string now 😂

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to dijep]

I've only ever had tights and shorts with a drawstring for that very reason. There is nothing worse 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

Well done for this run, Diane. So you, too had a run to restore confidence that you’re not getting slower after all! 😃

What a nuisance with the top. Maybe it’s the material, but I hope it works tucking it into your tights!

Hope we get a few dry days so you can run in the woods again 🤞

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jools2020]

Yes it restored my confidence a bit. I wasn't trying to be quick either which is a double plus.The top is that sort of material - you know kind of shiny elasticated sort of stuff like certain undergarments that some people wear 😂

[Tillybeach Graduate10]

Well done for getting out today. It’s hard isn’t it! Funny you mention the top as I had exactly the same thing! Rode right up, very chilly!!

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Tillybeach]

I don't really know why but yes - its hard to get motivated at the moment. I'm a bit disappointed with the top as it feels and fits really nice apart from having a mind of it's own 😂

[Jericho2332 Graduate10]

Well done on the run 👍🏻

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Jericho2332]

Thanks - I enjoyed it, apart from the chill round my middle

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Tops are funny things aren’t they? sounds like a lovely run though and good pace, i like the idea of running by feel although think i might plod really slowly and get slower and slower, might give it a go on Saturday 😀

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks.You should try it. It's too easy to get a bit fixated by the stats. I still like looking at them but try not to bother with the numbers until after the run. It wasn't easy to begin with, but it's helped me to pace myself a bit better, though I've only ever managed perfect negative splits once!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Birdlady64]

I will try it, I’ve never managed negative splits once we have run a kilometre however slow we can never speed up

[CazzaW]

A lovely and entertaining read and the replies made me laugh 😆 Well done, sounds like a great run, notwithstanding your chilly midriff 👍

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to CazzaW]

Thanks. Yes well you have to laugh don't you🤣

[Hidden]

Your photograph is beautiful Birdlady but I fully sympathise with you on the wet and mud, I am reduced to running on the single track tarmac roads at the moment and even some of those around the village resemble mud tracks, like you I have never seen so much water lying around, all my normal running tracks won’t be fit to run for sometime, tricky to even walk 😱. At least we can get out and don’t have the snow and ice to contend with like some of VRB’s. Hope you get your latest wardrobe acquisition sorted, I’ve just had a run in in injinji toe socks for the first time, so soft & comfy, might save them for best though 🤣 as they were a bit expensive! 🤗

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

You are right - its good to be able to get out and about still, even if some of our favourite routes are a no-go at the moment.The sock sound fab!

[Dups Graduate10]

Well done on your run today, couldn’t help but chuckle while reading it. PB great stuff 👍🏻

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Dups]

Thanks.I had to keep waiting until nobody was close behind me or coming towards me and no cars to reach up under my top layer and pull it back down again.

[Lifluf Graduate10]

Sounds like an annoying wardrobe malfunction Birdlady. But at least you had the prize of a good time at the end.The muddy paths are a real challenge this year aren't they. I don't have much choice to avoid them on my routes but they certainly slow me down.

[Birdlady64 Graduate10 in reply to Lifluf]

Yes - it certainly was annoying. The mud is a challenge and then some for sure. It has to dry out soon surely?

[Lifluf Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

🤞🤞

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Sorry, I've been missing posts recently. I must 'follow' you! I hate it when I have to keep adjusting clothing. Good for you doing a lunchtime run! Before breakfast is my favourite time, but when I'm running again I will go out at lunchtime I think.Lovely pic of the muddy woods and well done on your speedy run!