New Route, Crashed App, but No Worries! (W8R3)

So, we decided a beach front run was in order just to change things up. Changing route made such a difference, not knowing where we should be at every step meant we were more relaxed than usual. Endorphins kicked in and we were chuckling, yes, you heard right, chuckling on our run. MJ abandoned us (prob my fault as I was messing about with the phone camera to get a pic for this post!), but we weren't worried, no panic, no mental calculation just decided to check Strava...in a bit. So we ran 29 mins which wasn't bad considering were had nothing to go on given our new route. For once we were both happy with our performance and I was glad we slowed it down again to avoid aggravating my old recurring ski injury.

I also invested in support sleeves for my knees and tonight was the first run in, they were ok but I did wonder if they were causing some hamstring pain which I hadn't had until tonight 🤔

Still got 4.3K in our time slot even with slowing down. Wished I'd also tracked the walk back though as it took around 30 mins and was quite hilly. Possibly got just as good a workout from that!

A good, boring run, just what we want before graduation week. High points were a duck fishing and pulling funny faces at each other when the endorphins hit - they'd sell that stuff if they could only bottle it!!!

[Marvo69 Graduate]

Lovely spot for a run! Week done, you're on the home stretch now! X

[Hidden in reply to Marvo69]

Scary stuff! It's flown by. Now I'm wishing is squeezed in more strengthening exercises on rest days.

[thegirlfrommarz Graduate]

Looks like a beautiful place to run! Odd coincidence that we both had the app crash on us today!

[Hidden in reply to thegirlfrommarz]

Indeed. I've had a few crashes and changed to podcasts at one point as it was frustrating in the bitty runs where we were walking and running for short times as it was quite difficult to figure out mid-run.

[Saartjie Graduate]

Well done! So jealous of that view. Although i live in lovely countryside I love the sea...wish I could run there every day. Good luck with your last week 👍😊

[Hidden in reply to Saartjie]

We are lucky. We have countryside at home but driving distance to the beach and walking distance to a rocky beach and inlet. Spoiled, you could say!

[Ripcurlrana71]

Great work Sharron! 💪🏼

[Hidden in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

Thanks Alka! Was a good run. Enjoying running so much. Dreading winter...

[Ripcurlrana71 in reply to Hidden]

I’m intrigued by running in winter - what to wear??! My runs have been better when it’s been cooler too. This heat gets to me so quickly!

[Hidden in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

I'm not sure about it...brrrr! It'll probably just be a case of getting the right gear and getting through a warm up. It'll be an experience I guess 😨🌨

[Ang33333 Graduate]

I wish I had a beach to run along or next to! In three weeks I will have a week in Pembrokeshire with coastal runs to look forward to!

[Hidden in reply to Ang33333]

Take care if you decide to run along the sand. Not so good for your ankles due to the uneven footing. You'll be counting down the weeks then. Enjoy! 🏖

[HoagyM Graduate]

Well done Sutsha, just one week to go! Sounds like it was one of those good runs, that make all the difference

[Hidden in reply to HoagyM]

It truly was Hoagy. One where everything went well and we are confident we'll do W9's 30 minutes.