Today another 30 minutes was on the plan, but looking outside it was raining. Or rather it looked like a drizzle, but my weather app said rain. What to do, go out or hit the dreadmill? A drizzle is fun and the dreadmill is... well dreaded, so outside it is.
Drizzle? I have to swallow my words and spit out the word rain! It was chilly, my hair stuck itchy to my scalp due to the rain and my glasses needed windscreenwipers. On top of it, I felt an ache in my lungs in the first 10 minutes (combination of rain and cold?) and running felt hard. The gremlins told me to just turn around and call it a day. Could only get them to shut up when I was past half my run as running further equalled going home. Anyhow, I bit through and ran my 30 minutes. But it was not pleasant at all.
Next time it rains (not drizzle), it will be the dreadmill...
Well done on getting out they’re anyway . I hate getting my hair wet and plenty of it just now but good news today hairdressers open Scotland 5th April . Yippee
I was taking a hot bath after my run anyhow, so besides the itchy feeling I don't mind getting my hair wet. Here the hairdressers are open since a month or so. But I could only get an appointment 11 March, my previous appointment was in September last year! My hair looked like a dead codfish or something 😂
Well done Evy. A run is a run. And a win over the gremlins is always good.I hate going out in the rain - I also need windscreen wipers😏. I'm not bothered if it starts after I've set off but when it's already raining I'm afraid the gremlins often win.
Yeah, I thought it was just a drizzle. But it was slightly more than that. Plus the cold did not exactly help. I do think that next time if the weather looks like that, I'll take my chance on the dreadmill. It was just too nasty. Cold, no problem. Wind, not happy but ok. Drizzle, no problem. Rain, less happy. Rain and cold and wind? RUN FOREST!
Well done Evy for beating the gremlins! Some days runs just suck, but you battled through it. I had a similar experience recently, I almost turned round after about 2 minutes, but somehow kept going! We’ll get there 😀🏃♀️👍.
True, some days are just not good days. But I do think I'll hit the dreadmill next time it's a combination of rain, cold and wind. That's just not my kind of weather. I'm lucky my meds against arthritis work so well, because otherwise I think I'd be crippled now because of being out in that weather yesterday!
It depends on how heavy the rain is. Light rain I find refreshing, even though my glasses get spotted with raindrops. Wind-driven, heavy rain is not pleasant.
As to the hair... well... having any sort of hairstyle is now a distant memory. What I have left has two states: trimmed or untidy.
Light rain is indeed not bad, but this was a combo of rain (not light but not heavy heavy either), cold and a chilling wind. Not a nice combination. The hair, meh I took a hot bath afterwards, so I didn't mind. But it was itchy! No, my cats don't have fleas. I just get itchy scalp when I get rain on my head, haha.
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