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Two small firsts and an overgrown fairy house

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Another 60min morning run on my first day of vacation, this time armed with water.

And I had a couple of first experiences that are small, but they felt great:

- First outing of my new 3/4 running leggings: I am working my way up to shorts. 🤣 They have some side leg pockets with zips which really helped with the stashing of nose tissues. Feeling really summery in this outfit (also wore sleeveless tunics), especially leaving the V1 vest at home, as I used me hydration belt and did take water with me this time.

- First time running to an audiobook: I had started to read the latest Lee Child book as paperback, but then thought I check out on our library subscription service and they had it available to borrow and download. So I happily ran to Blue Moon! 😃

Also nature is going rampantly wild on all of my routes, so the fairy house (see picture) at this rate will be completely overgrown next week!

Happy running everyone!

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Ooo…leggings with pockets! Are they big enough for a phone?

Love fairy houses. We have a big one at the boating lake…I’ll have to find a photo.

One of our favourite Irish hotels has fairy doors 🧚🏻‍♀️🚪 randomly spotted around the hotel 💕

Found some pix!🥰

Fairy doors
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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toLottieMW

Oh wow! Sooo cute!!! 😍😍😍

Leggings and pockets: For a small phone it’s probably big enough, but not sure. I have a big one, so I take a belt or vest.

But the leggings have an additional back pocket at belt level, but which I probably will not use. (Leggings were from Decathlon, my first buy from them)

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toCBDB

I’ve got Decathlon 3/4 leggings too, aren’t they great? So comfortable and maybe I’m kidding myself but they’re even reasonably flattering! And pockets as well!!

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toYesletsgo

🤣🤣👍🏽yeah, I think so too! 😃

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Look at that fairy door disappearing into the vegetation!! How lovely! Glad you like the leggings and interested to hear about the hydration belt. Am going to research them!

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toComfortnotspeed

Thank you. My short thoughts/review on belts and vests was here: healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...

Enjoy your search for a great hydration solution!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Leggings sound good and I am tempted with an audio book

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

It was good, but I have to admit I like reading better, as I can use my own imagination of how the character will sound or look like.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toCBDB

Yes there is that

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

But I do love falling asleep to someone reading a book to me. So cons and pros balance out, I think. 😃📚🎧

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toCBDB

I love reading before sleep but the book falling and hitting me on the nose wakes me up

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

🤣yeah, there’s that.

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Doris8Graduate10

Enjoyed your post with the fairy houses. Never seen that before. 2 days just about covered up. Never tried can audiobook but listen to podcasts on Spotify. I listen to Jenny falconer run pod and this morning listened to “her spirit podcast Louise minchin and Annie Emmerson interview carol kirkwood weather presenter. I’m still in leggings yet maybe shorts end of This week😊.

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toDoris8

Ohhh, shorts… exciting! 👍🏽😃

Well done, also for going in the direction of shorts! Of course, keep in mind the ticks!!

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Yeah… I can’t seem to forget them now (ticks). Discussing this with hubby, he said that ticks mostly appear in areas where there is a lot of cattle or animals. So I am not sure that is true. Can they appear on trails where there are no cow fields anywhere near?!

I doubt it, but did wonder. And what are the safeguards against ticks (bar long legged leggings and full caps 🧢)?

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2 years ago, our cat (which was not yet our cat back then) regularly had ticks in her ears from lying in the high grass next to our garden at the coast. It's a sort of camping ground with fixed ground for each family with chalets on them. So no cows, just neatly trimmed gardens (except for the 'garden' next to us which was abandoned back then).

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toCBDB

I seem to remember from my degree 40+ years ago that ticks live in grass and run to the tops of the stalks in warm weather as this makes it easier for them to jump on passing animals (and humans). So it’s a good idea to avoid long grass/undergrowth. If I’m going through long grass I wear long leggings but if it’s short and the weather is warm I’ll go for shorts. Oh. And I check my legs for ticks if I think I may have been exposed, I think they need to be attached for a certain length of time before they can transmit Lymes etc.

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toYesletsgo

Useful to know, thanks. So they’re not in trees?

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YesletsgoAdministratorGraduate10 in reply toCBDB

I really hope not!!! 😰😩

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Hedgehogs123Graduate10

sounds like a lovely run! I laughed about the 3/4 leggings, as that's exactly what Im doing!!🤣

Often thought about listening to an audio book but never tried on my run, so maybe I might try that!

📚🏃‍♀️

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CBDBGraduate10 in reply toHedgehogs123

Yes, I think I will try a few more audio books. 🙏👍🏽🏃🏽‍♀️

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