I know itβs good to mix up your runs, so today was my Zone 3 run. I thought 45 minutes would be good. Strava robbed me of a few seconds which is always annoying!
I checked the weather forecast this morning, as I hate running in the wind, 10kms it said. Note to self: wear your glasses when checking the weather forecast! Turns out that the 10kms was visibility, not the wind speed (which was 50kms) π
Well, of course I realised something was amiss as soon as I left the house. I started running and the weather gremlin was there π βYou donβt have to run in this! Go back home and have coffeeβ. I continued running mainly with a cross wind, down the lane, turn around and back into the village. He was back! π βYouβve done 2K, thatβs enough!β I carried on out of the village, towards the Deadend Track. There is a point on this route that is very exposed and I knew it was going to be tough. Oh yes, it was tough! I battled on until it became impossible and I had to turn round. Back into the village was easier for a while, then a crosswind again. I had to run past my house for the second time, because of the early turn around, but I wanted to run for 45 minutes.
It was so good to get back indoors again. Positives: I went out for a run in spite of the conditions and I achieved what I wanted to - a 45 minute slow run.
Well done Jools, you stuck with it, sounded very blowy out there π€£ those gremlins arent going to stop you πͺπͺ and like you said, bet you were glad to get back indoors after that wind! π i'm going out in a bit, will see how it goes, my daughter has mapped out a new 10k route, but 5k will bring us near home, if we stop, i think i've got a cold coming, very runny nose, since yesterday! π€§
Thanks, Peter - yes, very blowy! Getting worse, I think. Oh no - a cold! Not what you want at all. Hope you manage to get out and itβs not so windy where you are. π
Well done on kicking those gremlins firmly into touch!
You were braver than I was venturing out in that wind - it's pretty exposed where you are too! π¨ππ»ββοΈ You probably did more like 7 or 8k running into that π
Haha, I probably did! At one stage I didnβt seem to be going forward at all. It definitely wasnβt the most enjoyable of runs. Had I not misread the forecast, I would have stayed at home π
Thank you! There was a point I had to turn round, but I did keep going for the 45 minutes I had planned. Very happy to get home out of the wind, though π
Yesterday evening as the tide was high we could hear the sea and that only happens when the waves are high? I wanted to go look but Willow sensibly talked me out of it
Well done Jools. When the wind blows across those open spaces it can feel really raw can't it. I had to smile though when your eyes let you down reading the weather forecast. π€£π€£
Sure was a success. π Excellent work - facing some challenges of resolve as well as the (not inconsiderable) physical. π¨ ππΌββοΈππΌββοΈππΌββοΈ I imagine you felt on top of the world when you got home.π₯£ βοΈπ«
Ooh er that sounded tough! You gave those gremlins what for though! You must have gotten a great glow on after that - there's nothing like triumphing over adversity to make you feel great πͺπ
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