If you can't do the run you want do the run you can

[SueAppleRun]

I planned a 5k this morning, I looked at the BBC weather app which told me it was raining so I looked out the window and saw it wasn't so off I went.I hadn't looked to see what the wind was doing, or how cold it was! 😂.

I realised how harsh it was as soon as I got out so didn't have much of a warm up walk, let's face it I run at warm up pace anyway.

Headed for seafront, where the wind was coming straight off the north sea, so I grabbed at my hat before it blew away and headed for home.

Instead of 5k I ran 2k and was cold and blown about, but glad I went.

The photo was taken the other day, the waves were bigger today but I didn't go onto the sand as I didn't want to get blown away.

Run happy or rest well xx

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10]

Well done. It definitely feels a lot colder out there today than I thought it would. I think my run will get done this evening by running round and round the ground floor of the house - I might venture onto the patio, but not the garden itself as it’s very slippery!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

It wasn't that nice , I only have a ground floor of my house 🤣🤣🤣

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

The dreaded North Sea breezes, just looking at them out of the window is as close as I want to get. Well done for getting out there, that 2k probably took as much effort as a 5k in ideal conditions.

Does this weather never stop??

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

Thanks, against the wind it did, but I'm out to prove I can.....tomorrow it's swimming with grandson first time we did 10 lengths, second time 16.... Not sure how much of an increase I can keep up.

[PHalliwell]

I’m usually jealous of your seaside walks and runs but maybe not today!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to PHalliwell]

No, don't be today, it's foul out there

[Wavy-chick28 Graduate10]

It is perishing out 🥶 just took my Grandaughter out for some puddle splashing and am so glad to be back in the warm now !

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Wavy-chick28]

Not nice at all, and it's dark here too

[Shake-and-run Graduate10]

Wow that looks 'bracing' ! Well done you for getting out there. I'm off to the track later, it's a bit calmer here.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Shake-and-run]

It's very bracing Shakes 😂😂

[nowster Graduate10]

The wind chill yesterday and today is quite bitter, even in Manchester.

Thermometer says +3°C, feels like -2°C.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

It is bitter, here it says 4 degrees centigrade feels like -7c.Feels like winter is back

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

oh yes I can imagine an easterly is pretty chilly where you are now SueAppleRun . Mind you it’s pretty cold on the south coast today as well. 2k is definitely better than nothing at all. So well done for getting out.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy, if I had a coat on and was walking I'd have carried on, but was cold and blowy,

[Doris8 Graduate10]

I was a bit like you walk only lasted 2 km instead of 5 km. winds coming from the east sleet and rain. Freezing . So short walk. Well done going out and braving it.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Doris8]

We both did well then 😁 I might not have if I'd realised how cold it was out there

[LottieMW Ambassador]

oh well done 👏🏼

My planned run has been weather delayed for the 2nd time…☔️

Yesterday I took Mr. L out for breakfast, this morning I took him to his favourite butchers!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to LottieMW]

I spent the morning thinking about it! Couldn't believe how awful the weather was once I got out there 🤣.Sounds like some good outings you had

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to SueAppleRun]

They were!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Love that title SueAppleRun ! “…do the run you can”!🙂 …and you did!😀🏃‍♀️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks Sandra, I did, and apart from being cold and high winds I loved it 😄

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

🌬️🏃‍♀️😀🤣

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Well done Sue! Given the weather at the moment and where you’re starting from, I think 2km is a real achievement! 5km is out there and just waiting for you!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Thanks, I just wish it would warm up a bit and the wind drop but it still feels good to get out

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Well done you and what a super photo'.... it certainly was cold yesterday and felt colder here too, than the thermometer indicated... although it never got above 4.5 all day!

You had a run... and as CB says... that is a win!

Brilliant .

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you Floss, and yes it felt like a win

[Gwenllian1 Graduate10]

I admire you for getting out! I'm not a fan of this icy wind. Just think what you will be able to achieve when the weather warms up a bit!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Gwenllian1]

I can't wait for warmer weather, it's one of those faraway dreams at the moment

[Scruff55 60minGraduate]

sounds like a cold windy run for you SAR but it was still a run to blow the cobwebs away🤣🤣 well done on getting out there.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Scruff55]

Thanks Scruff, it was a bit horrible but good to be out

[MrBassmanjazz]

❤️ "If you can't do the run you want do the run you can". This is the rule I live by. Back doing 20min maintenance runs after long period of illness.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MrBassmanjazz]

Well done you, and me too, I'm still amazed that I can run after being pushed out of hospital in a wheelchair end of August, I thought that was it for running, but .....it's been a long hard slog. I'm swimming twice a week too which I never thought I'd do again 😁 go us eh?

[MrBassmanjazz in reply to SueAppleRun]

I love the swimming as well. Had the perfect adult improvers class, but it got cancelled and I've not been back. I'll be back.

Well done on getting back out. Sometimes I wonder, when I'm on the IC, whether I'll ever get back. Ponder why I did it in the first place. Did I really enjoy it? |Then I remind my self that it is time to myself, (I've always run on my own), time to think, listen to music, get out in the country and try to improve my form. Oh, yeah! And it's good for you. (Never start a sentence with and).

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to MrBassmanjazz]

You are so right, my fitness has increased month by month, we swam 20 lengths today, then sat in the sauna

[Jools2020 Graduate10]

My goodness, I feel cold just reading your run report! Well done. I think I would have gone straight back inside 😊

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Jools2020]

I had to run yesterday Jools as swimming today

[swim63 60minGraduate]

weather is abysmal, don’t blame you for going home!

I have finally given in and decided it’s going to have to be treadmill running for me until this blooming weather improves. Feels a bit like cheating but either that or nothing at all ☹️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to swim63]

It's calmer today not so blowy but it was a swim day and out with dog and daughter this evening so no time to run, tomorrow better be a rest day 🤣

[swim63 60minGraduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Sounds like you might need it 🤣

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to swim63]

I just might 🤣 I seem to be very busy lately and trying to get a jumper knitted as well,

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate10]

lovely…what a great title 🥰

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Mummycav]

I stole it from Coach B 🤣

[RunKRun]

Great advice Sue. Well done on getting out there. We always feel better for having done it, don’t we. Xx

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to RunKRun]

Thanks Karen, it's always good to get out, xx