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Good morning everyone,

Winter is well and truly here. I don't know what it is like with you guys but here where I live it has been freezing for a few days. Properly freezing, and anytime the Ice has started to melt, within an hour or two the temperature has gone below zero shortly afterwards. As a result there is a mix of ice and compacted snow which is again ice. So the paths around me are very very slippery. It is too dangerous to run. So I have been walking 5K for the past few days. But even that is very slippery in places. I made an attempt to go out yesterday evening and gave up after a couple of minutes. It was -7 last night, but I'll definitely get out later and at least walk it. I am attempting 5K everyday for January. I was walking one day and running the next, but due to the Ice I have been walking for the past few days. I'll walk 7K today and tomorrow so as to help make up for yesterday. My aim is to have 155 km's done by the end of the month. 35 done and 120 to go.

Anyway, we are running, jogging and walking, we are still exercising. When so many fellow parkrunners have stopped running we have all continued on, not only that but we have new people joining us every week which is fantastic. If your reading this for the first time, welcome. All you have to do is Jog, Walk or Run (and any combination of the 3) for 5K at your own pace and pop back here under this thread afterwards and let us all know how you got on. So a quick little breakfast for me and I'll be on my way. Looking forward to reading the replies and catching up later. Happy running or walking,

Damien

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MoliJ profile image
MoliJGraduate10

Hi Damien, glad to hear that your challenge for January is going well. I too have not run for a few days in part due to the slippy paths and also because I have had a touch of what I think was food poisoning. I am hoping to run here tomorrow because the temperature is going to be higher. My last run was on Tuesday and I did a Jeff 5k in 37.12. Stay safe everyone and happy running or walking.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to MoliJ

Hope your feeling better. I’m planning to run tomorrow. Paths were very slippery but are improving.

Damien

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Enjoy your run/walk Damien, we will be out later but may be too much ice to run

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damienairAdministrator in reply to SueAppleRun

I walked 6K to pick up bird seed and return home. It was a lovely walk.

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply to damienair

That sounds lovely,

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Glad to here you are keeping safe on all that ice, I've recorded 30k of walks and run 30k so far this year. Keep safe everyone 🤗

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damienairAdministrator in reply to Grannyhugs

Wow, very well done. That’s fantastic.

Turning up, it's a brisk fresh one this morning Damien! Quick brekky and coffee, wake the legs up and 💨 I'll be off 👍

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10

Good for you getting out regardless Damien, and extra good for you being careful and staying safe. This weather is miserable. 👎

Having said that, my trusty little road-free common has done me proud for RED January. I’ve been able to run every day, and today I braved the thick fog and did my 5k in a totally unremarkable time of 38:19. I’m not even attempting faster running in this cold and my mantra to myself still stands - keep running enjoyable. 🙏🏻

Today’s highlight was frozen hair! 🥶

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Beachcomber66Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Well done cheeky; tough as old boots 🙂

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66

Yep, I’m definitely an old boot BC! 🤣

Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Noooooooo!! Spring 🐓

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cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66

🤣🤣 Depends on my level of hunger - I can morph into an Old Boot quick as anything if I’m hungry! 😋😋

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Dexy5Graduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66

It’s true BC! Spring 🐓 .

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damienairAdministrator in reply to cheekychipmunks

Very well done Cheeky. I’m going to run tomorrow. Paths have improved a bit. I had a nice 6K walk earlier to go into town and buy birdseed.

AlMorr profile image
AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Good morning Damien, good luck for your running and walking 5K every day in January.

This morning I ran my 30th (not) parkrun and your 43rd virtual parkrun in similar conditions as you described in your post, my time was 39.00 in a temperature of

- 6C, I was quite happy to get a sub 40 minute 5K, I had to be careful that I didn't fall, good news, milder weather is on the way, +7C by Tuesday.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

Wow, well done Al, that is dedication. I thought I was hard going out in -2 earlier on in the week! 👏👏

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to TailChaser

The minimum temperature where I live in Central Scotland was - 8C around 7am, I waited until 9.30 before starting my 30th not parkrun by which time it was less cold at - 6C, my time was 39.00 which is 8 minutes 44 seconds slower than the last time I ran in that same temperature at Drumpellier Parkrun on November 30. 2019, I had to be careful this morning due to snow and ice. I just hope once the snow and ice has gone I can get back to a sub 35 minute 5K as most of them were before the cold spell.

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

I'm sure you will Al. When I went out on the icy paths on Thursday evening my pace was much slower than usual but it's back to normal now it's all gone. I can't imagine our parkrun happening if were ever that temperature here.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to AlMorr

Very well done Al. I’m going to run tomorrow. The paths have improved. It’s very cold but it’s good for my home made beer which is conditioning out in my garage. Well done for running and talking it easy with a sub 40 minute 5K time.

Damien

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Beachcomber66Graduate10

No running for me either! After a load of wet slushy snow yesterday (which I cleared off the drive last thing) we had a really hard freeze overnight. It is starting to thaw now; bright sunshine and cloudless sky in fact, but with a mixture of ice and water around, I will not be venturing forth; looks dodgy for walking and running is out of the question! Oh well, indoor exercises will have to do. Happy safe running to those who do venture forth. ⛄️

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksGraduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66

Hope you get a thaw next week so you can go back to being chased by scary things in the woods BC! 👻

Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks

Think that I am the scariest/only thing up there at this time of year!

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damienairAdministrator in reply to Beachcomber66

I walked to a shop to buy birdseed, a return trip of 6K. I stepped it out. Did 5K even with the ice in 46 minutes, 2 minutes slower than my normal 5K walks. I needed a shower once I got home.

Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66Graduate10 in reply to damienair

Braver man than I Damien; I just don’t do ice!

damienair profile image
damienairAdministrator in reply to Beachcomber66

All melted away this afternoon so I had a 5K run.

Beachcomber66 profile image
Beachcomber66Graduate10 in reply to damienair

Excellent work. Still hanging around up here; maybe tomorrow will be better 🙂

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to Beachcomber66

On Sunday morning I went a 15K walk/9.3 miles, most of snow and ice has gone but in several 'cold spots' there are still some stubborn rutted icy patches, hopefully with milder temperatures they will soon go, I hope you enjoyed your 5K run this afternoon Damien. 😊 🏃🏾

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RunaroundSueGraduate10

Quite warm here then, -1 degree, but very little ice thankfully. It was quite misty over the fields. We did our normal run followed by normal 2nd breakfast.

This also counted towards the FunRun5 which is now fully virtual due to enhanced restrictions in Lanzarote as from yesterday.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to RunaroundSue

Very well done. I’ll run tomorrow.

Sandie1961 profile image
Sandie1961Graduate10

Hello fellow (not) parkrunners! It’s a beautiful day in Lincolnshire after a very foggy day yesterday, although it was pretty cold overnight and has still only reached the balmy heights of 1 degree. I have been doing yoga for the first time ever, following the example of so many of you VRBs and following Adriene’s latest 30 day programme. So with hips well and truly wrecked after today’s so called Snuggle 😂 I ventured out rather later than usual to allow time for the ice to melt for day 9 of RED January, again taking to grass verges and crisscrossing into the sunny patches. A decent 32.08 this week. Take care in the cold!

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TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Yeah, not much of a snuggle I'd say! Well done Sandie, you're getting your speed back 👏👏

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damienairAdministrator in reply to Sandie1961

Very well done Sandie, great time. I walked 6k yesterday, but stepped it out. Burnt plenty of calories. Got out for my 5K run today.

nowster profile image
nowsterGraduate10

My knee's still not up for running yet. It's feeling better, but there's no way I want to undo any healing. I may do a gentle walk later this afternoon with herself. It won't be 5km, though.

nowster profile image
nowsterGraduate10 in reply to nowster

As damienair has already seen, today was a very sedate mile walk. The knee is improving. Another walk tomorrow hopefully.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to nowster

Well done, wishing your knee a very quick recovery.

JonathanP profile image
JonathanPGraduate10

Relatively balmy at -1° down here compared to further north! Still out of sync with my runs so my (not) parkrun was yesterday - managing to maintain my sub-30s at 29.48. Today an enjoyable 5k walk.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to JonathanP

Very well done Jonathan. Great time again too. Sub 30 min 5K any day is a good day.

UpTheStanley profile image
UpTheStanleyGraduate10

Hi Damien, pretty dam chilly here too but no snow, and no icy puddles left on the prom by the time Dexy5 and I set off for our 5k (not) parkrun slalom this morning (or maybe afternoon). Nice gentle run in company in around 33 minutes, takeaway coffee and pulled pork baguette to follow (Dexy's posted separately above). Hope your conditions improve soon, good commitment to do 5k every day somehow. Getting your lad out with you?

Stay safe - our numbers are getting rather scary just now. But I reckon keeping the running going is a pretty good way of reducing vulnerability 🤞

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damienairAdministrator in reply to UpTheStanley

Fresh air and healthy exercise is safe. Just stay away from crowds, keep your exposure to others to a minimum and we will be fine. I walked to pick up birdseed earlier. 6K return. I stepped it out, needed a shower when I got home, so many layers. Well done on your run. Pulled pork baguette sounds yummy.Oisin did not come with me. Instead his mum took him and his brother to the park to break ice on puddles. They of course got destroyed.😂

Damien

Week7 profile image
Week7Graduate10

Hi there Damienair and virtual (not) park runners. It's cold and grey here but no ice.I had a lovely run today. Normal sort of route, no dramas .There were quite a few walkers on the pavement to get around but lots of thanks from them for giving them a wide birth and some even moved for me. ! _Maybe because I look like a mad woman running along in just t shirt and capris with a bright pink jacket around my waist_not a pretty sight but I can run and I love it.

Anyway, basically I got to the end to find I had done a pb in both 10k and 5k. As usual the last 5k was fastest at 30:06 so close but no cigar ! But so pleased!

Hope the ice starts to clear soon selse where so that everyone else can get out and run too!

Run safe everyone!

UpTheStanley profile image
UpTheStanleyGraduate10 in reply to Week7

To set a 5k PB as part of a 10k run is just brilliant 👍. Well done you!

Week7 profile image
Week7Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley

Thank you

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damienairAdministrator in reply to Week7

Excellent running. That is a fantastic time and huge congratulations to you on your 5K and 10K PB's.

Week7 profile image
Week7Graduate10 in reply to damienair

Thank you. Have a good week and best of luck with your daily 5k.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10

Hi Damien, bit late today as getting the Christmas tree packed up and put back in the garage for another year.Yes, it's been freezing here too. We had one day of freezing fog, one day of frozen paths and another day of frozen paths covered in snow and then it was gone. Today is just cold, damp and fairly miserable but we had a short interval of lighter freezing fog which coincided with our (not)parkrun (of course!). I did actually go for runs in the snow and ice. It's the first time I've dared do that and I actually found it better than walking, maybe my footing is more decisive when I run??? But when I did my cool down walk afterwards I definitely felt more unsteady.

Back to my ordinary running shoes now as George & Harry Bailey are being cleaned up and packed away with the decorations until next December. I will miss them - they were a lot of fun.

This week was (as usual) faster than expected. A week of RED January running and my legs and body are holding up ok so far (*touch wood*). I think combining it with Adriene yoga may be helping here. Having said that, the fog does nothing for your lungs when you're breathing fast, so it felt more of a battle than last week and I can't say I particularly enjoyed it. 27:58, so a shade slower than last week.

Next week it sounds like we'll all be in our wet weather gear rather than compression vests, so Goretex at the ready chaps and have a good one 👍

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Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser

I’d love to get sub 28 even in ideal conditions. My 5k PB was a very long time ago and I haven’t even done a sub 30 for months, so good going 👏🏻👏🏻

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

Thanks Sandie 😍 I think you need a Katnap to push you along, I don’t think I’d be able to do it without him.

Sandie1961 profile image
Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser

😂 he leaves me in his wake!

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to Sandie1961

When he runs with me it’s like he’s trying to drive an Aston Martin in a 20mph zone 🤣

Sandie1961 profile image
Sandie1961Graduate10 in reply to TailChaser

😂😂😂

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damienairAdministrator in reply to TailChaser

Very well done again TC, great running as always. I got out for a 5K run today. There has been a great thaw since yesterday and all is safe.

TailChaser profile image
TailChaserGraduate10 in reply to damienair

Thanks Damien, good news 👍

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy5Graduate10

He’s said it all so I will just say, well done on your 5k of running or walking each day damienair. You’ll feel a lot better for it with working from home.

Keep safe, keep running all.

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damienairAdministrator in reply to Dexy5

Thanks Dexy.

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damienairAdministrator

Yesterday for my (not)parkrun I decided to walk to the outskirts of town and buy some bird seed for the little birdies in my back garden. 3K out and 3K back. Paths were still icy and it was risky in spots. I stepped it out and needed a shower when I got back. I usually walk 5K in 44 mins, it took me 46 mins with the ice and snow. Today I got out and ran 5K. The paths are wet now. All the ice is gone. So more running this week.

Damien

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LottieMWAmbassador

Hi Damien, I keep forgetting to post as my longer runs are in the week...🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

So last Tuesday I ran a ‘straight’ 5km...Strava gave me a PR of 47:40. I entered this as a local (not) Park Run (sorted by age grade %, I was6/7 in our local group).

Thursday I ran 5.5km as part of the Magic Plan...but had a tech malfunction, just 3km got recorded on Strava 😬🙄

Never mind!

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