Overheard in the hairdressers by Mic

A couple of people discussing running and saying they go to Moreton-in-Marsh to run on the flat. Wusses!

[pollyp1 Graduate]

I dunno! The youth (?) of today...

[Hidden in reply to pollyp1]

LOL

[roseabi]

😂

[Lillybeth30mins Graduate]

You should have told them so! (Or maybe not eh?😝)

[Hidden in reply to Lillybeth30mins]

I wasn t there. Mic said he was just bored as they were discussing fitness trackers too. this is the man who has had the same mobile for 10 years!

[Lillybeth30mins Graduate in reply to Hidden]

🤣🤣🤣

[TedG Graduate]

😂🤣😂🤣

[Pm3eak Graduate]

People look at my baldy bounce and think I have no hair whereas actually, I am a mophead: the only reason I shave it off is so I don't have to endure all this gossip in hairdressers.

[Hidden in reply to Pm3eak]

What, even if it’s about running and Garmins? 😳

[Pm3eak Graduate]

Daren't talk about the possibility of Garmins being among us around here: they'll be breaking out the pitch forks and manning the pill- boxes again.

[Hidden in reply to Pm3eak]

😂😂😂

[seaspaniel Graduate]

Are there any continuously downhill courses? I have a car and I'm willing to travel.

[Hidden in reply to seaspaniel]

Alas, i dont drive so am stuck wiv dem hills, but you could drive to the top, run down, walk back up, repeat with the next hill 😊

[Lordi Graduate in reply to seaspaniel]

Downhill all the way circuits are a bit like lakes with slopes for water skiiers?

Seriously though, if you're able to get to Llanberis in Snowdonia you can take the bus up to Pen y Pass (Snowdon car park for Crib Goch scramble) then run all the way back down to Llanberis (6 miles all downhill)...

[Hidden in reply to Lordi]

knackering your legs in the process!!

[Lordi Graduate in reply to Hidden]

True.

[Anniemurph Graduate in reply to seaspaniel]

Yes! The Tissington HM in Derbyshire It's billed as the only downhill half in the UK. It isn't quite downhill all the way, but the profile is mostly downwards. That's why I chose it for my first

[ju-ju- Graduate]

I always think running is running, which is always good wherever it is....

[Hidden in reply to ju-ju-]

Well, quite, not that i have a choice, but actually I enjoy the hills now, they are a diminishing challenge

[Anniemurph Graduate]

Erm... I live in Derbyshire, and for the first three years of running I avoided hills Quite an achievement in this county!

[Hidden in reply to Anniemurph]

Tell me your secret!

[Anniemurph Graduate]

Well, there are some flat bits! Quite often they are the boring bits though Or you have to get on a bus or drive to get to them. I have embraced the hills now and life is a lot more 'interesting' - and full of curses.

[Millsie-J Graduate in reply to Anniemurph]

You are the queen of hills Annie!

I live on the border of Staffordshire/ Derbyshire. There are few flat places around unless I take a drive, which is not always convenient. Plus running along the remote riverside early morning is a bit scary! It is a flood plain so floods quite regularly too.

So right from the start I embraced hills. It means you can run any route. Once you overcome the pyscological aspect of ‘it’s a hill’, hills become routine.

Don’t be fooled about downhill running, its hard on the knees and calves etc, you should train downhill as well as uphill running.

[Hidden in reply to Millsie-J]

I have to do both here. and, you're right, it gets easier.

[Millsie-J Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I have a regular 5k very hilly circular route I use regularly (when fully fit). For every big up hill there is a corresponding down of course......so gps on MMR thinks it a 12 foot climb overall .......in your dreams MMR.

[Hidden in reply to Millsie-J]

yes, the downhill bits give you a break. But really the uphill bits seem a lot less of a slog. you just have to settle into them. It's only happened for me the last couple of runs. Before that I didn't enjoy the steep uphill bits.

[Hidden in reply to Anniemurph]

I can relate to that!