lovely morning run in the wind and rain.

Woke up really early but not tired, so out I went. It's my second post grad run, and I managed 32 minutes (was meant to be 30 but forgot to check my watch). Thanks to compression socks, I was able to slow down more without my knee hurting, and i got my inhaler working properly so I wasn't struggling for breath like I have been recently. It was extremely windy, but that was exhilarating this time rather than an obstacle. In fact I found a lovely pace and rhythm and felt as if I could go on forever, my feet connecting to the ground and carrying me on like magic.

Much slower time than usual, but it was a joy to run in the quiet, deserted streets with just rain and wind and the sound of my own footfalls.

Can't wait for my next run.

[misswobble Graduate]

Slow runs are luxurious. I love em 😃. 🙂

Well done! 🙂Getting out in all weathers is great fun. Elemental !makes you feel alive and epic 😃💪👍🏃‍♀️

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Yes to all of that. Th inhaler glitch was making my life a misery over the last two or three weeks, so I couldnt enjoy the runs, they became an endurance test because I was puffing and panting from the first stride and even downhill. Today the slopes semed to flatten themselves and, if it hadnt been for the hill in front of me when I’d been running for 32 minutes, I would have kept going, oblivious to the fact I had gone beyond half and hour.

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Lots of peeps are running with asthma which is marvellous. Our own Juicy Ju does and she’s amazing. She speaks of,it in her recent movie clip on her 10k programme. As you get fitter and stronger you will build up your lung power

It does take time though but enjoy the journey 😃👍🏃‍♀️

[quirkybee Graduate]

Sounds like a fab run Flick and good that you didn't feel tired even though up early. Good readings too xx

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Knackerd now though ☹️ but so glad I did it. The pace is slower than my usual, but it meant I got into a nice flow xx

[Pm3eak Graduate]

Well done Flick: glad to hear the inhaler issues seem to be sorted. I wimped out today for no other reason that by the time I'd done 4 miles around the Moss with the dogs I was so cold I hurt. My legs were chilled to the bone and my head was aching. We have a really bitter and 'lazy wind' here today i.e. it is so lazy it can't be bothered to go round but cuts straight through you, especially on the wide open expanses of the Moss. I consider myself a pretty weather-hardened rural type but I was glad to get my hands on a mug of hot tea. It was worth it though to see one of the biggest flocks of mixed Black-Headed Gulls and Lapwings -plus a few Golden Plover-I have ever seen in a lifetime of watching birds: thousands of them coming from the North East in a seemingly never ending procession, migrants from foreign lands and harsher climes. A truly magnificent sight that will stay long in my memory...even if it is probably a harbinger of hard weather. I have always loved the old name for a group of Lapwings (or Peewits as we call them here): a 'Deceit'. Marvellous.

Anyway, shoes de-mudded and dried from weekend debacle, torn kit repaired and hamstring foam-rollered into submission. So, all systems primed for a run tomorrow.

Maybe.

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Yes, I posted a longer post on the other forum with a bit more detail, but this post is the gist of it.

We had that wind this morning. It was 5 degrees, but the wind was so biting that I never took off my beanie and running gloves, and my jacket stayed zipped up: usually I have to derobe a bit after about five minutes. Mind you, I was running deliberately slower, so maybe I wasnt generating as much heat. Usually I spend quite a bit of time in the maximum heart rate zone but didnt touch It once today.

I went straight out with the dogs after my run, just changed and wolfed down some muesli, taking advantage of the endorphin rush from running to get me over the tiredness from lack of sleep.

How wonderful to see your myriad birds. I remember watching in awe in Heraklion in Crete in the autumn of 71, as thousands of starlings wheeled and patterned the sky, then landed in the trees singing.

I grew up calling lapwings peewits. After all, that’s what they call themselves 😊 a deceit of lapwings and a murder of crows.

I have a new slimline roller with a handle at each end, that rotaes as you roll. I got it extremely cheaply with a promotional code. Running certainly generates a lot of odd kit. Who knew that I would become a lycra addict.

I hope you get out for your run tomorrow. Please Post details and Garmin screenshot if you have time 😊