Consolidation Run 2

I awoke this morning to the call of a cockerel, confused, dry mouthed, and feeling fairly rough after a night ‘socialising’ I very carefully opened up an eyelid and shut it again fast. A merciless sunbeam had attacked me, making my brain pulsate.

I've spent the weekend in Carmarthenshire Wales, on a old friends farm. he had fully stocked up on my favourite ale and well... it would've been very rude not to.

However today was run day, and I've heard great things on the forum about running being a pretty good fix for a fuzzy morning after the night before.

I forced my heavy body out of bed and got my run kit on, checked my phone... 1°C outside... this'll either cure or kill me ...I suspected the latter. Quick munch on a nana and downed as much water as I could possibly handle without doing an impression of a washing machine whilst running, then out the door.

Not as bad as I was expecting outside, did my warm up walk around the yard and then I was off down the lane. I didn't bother with any music or tracking my stats today, making out the door alone was quite enough for me!

The piles of leaves along the lane were silver blue with the morning frost, steam rose as the suns rays fell on them. It was beautiful, I'd planned a route through the lanes to a small nature reserve and back, I literally didn't see a single car or another person for the whole run I just listened to the birds, trees and the quit burble of the local stream.

Ran for half an hour took some pics along the way and enjoyed every single one of the 30 minutes, I could've gone for much longer.

Home, showered, hangover gone. What a perfect start to the day.

Hope everyone is ok 👋👍😘

⚡️ThunderSloth⚡️out

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I bet your friend was impressed. Sounds lovely, and nice to know it works as well as 'hair of the dog' .🤣

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When he finally emerged from his pit he was pretty shocked that I’d already been on a three mile run, showered and was on my second coffee ☕️ ...nice.

[jayval70]

Almost worth having the hangover to have the lovely cure. Sounds beautiful.

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I’d been looking forward to running in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and it certainly didn’t disappoint with its beautiful countryside 😀

[Triolette Graduate]

Sounds like running to bird song might be just what I need! 🤣

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Ooh! did your friend buy you loads of beers too Triolette?! 😨🤢

[bel73 Graduate]

Ah that sounds so perfect! 🍂🍁💪

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It was a beautiful sunny autumnal run in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 bel I hope you’re ok 👌

[Ibot]

What a lovely picture you paint!!

Its almost like we are there with you!!

Nothing beats a babbling brook to keep you regular ( love a bit of toilet 🚽 humour in the evening)

Well done you!!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

😂. Your posts always raise my spirits!

Another successful ThunderSloth mission. Well done again, there’s nothing that can stop you. So pleased you haven’t forgotten your manners... eat drink and be merry... then run!

I’m off to snowdonia on Monday... there’s a run that needs doing!

[Hidden in reply to UnfitNoMore]

😂🤣😂 very good UNM!

Yes, I couldn’t upset my kind hosts now could I?!

Ooh sweet. I look forward to hearing your Snowdonia report... what sort of run will it be this time?

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I’m gonna run up Snowden.

Well... I’m gonna run “up snowden”. We’re going up, then I’ll run... marker down though, within a year I’ll run from the bottom.. it’s on notice... then next there’s this guy called Ben, somewhere in Scotland apparently

[Hidden in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Of course you are UNM - I should’ve known. It’s not like you’d just run around the bottom and enjoy the view 🤣

Sounds amazing, I want to see pics please.

[jayval70 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

😲😲😲 I can’t imagine ever being able to do a run like that. My legs don’t like hills 😞. Good luck and I would like to see photos too.

[IgaT Graduate]

Love the pics, love the story! Happy you felt better afterwards, and even more of enjoyable run

The worst and most difficult part is stepping out the door Congratulations on overcoming this obstacle!

[Hidden in reply to IgaT]

Thank you Tiga! 🙏

You absolutely right, I’ve got That bit down nicely now with minimal procrastination... don’t think... 🤔 just get your butt out and run! 🏃‍♂️

[IgaT Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Don't think, just go and see what'll happen

[Dragonflies Graduate]

Can it possibly get any better than that? ☀️🍃🦅

[Hidden in reply to Dragonflies]

I hope you’re not still up Dragonflies you’ve got some graduating to do tomorrow!!! X

[Dragonflies Graduate in reply to Dragonflies]

Zzzz

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You’ve got a top friend... stocking their fridge with your favourite ale! 🍻🍻👌

Great run & gorgeous photos, bet it was a beaut of a morning! 🌿

Glad you’ve tested the hangover run...

You can certainly handle the 🍺 better than me 🤣

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

He’s a good lad... and he has a full size snooker table... Ultimate boys night in! 🎱

Tried and tested now Dreams... no excuses next time you’re out on the pop 🥤 😂

[SubterraneanAlien Graduate]

No way could a run cure a hangover for me. I just can't be bothered to get them anymore - nothing is worth it! I suspect you are a bit younger than me though! Good for you!

Also, your pics are beautiful.

[Hidden in reply to SubterraneanAlien]

Thank you Sub, they are definitely not as easy as they once were... but maybe I’m just a sucker for punishment! 😋

[Katnap Graduate]

Happy days! 😸 and happy running! 👟👟👟😎

[Hidden in reply to Katnap]

Cheers Kit-Kat 🤡

[uncle_wiggy Graduate]

Great run, great post and great pics!

[Hidden in reply to uncle_wiggy]

Thank you very much wiggly!

[buzzards Graduate]

What a beautiful place to run

[ItstheMarchHare Graduate]

Lovely

[Hidden in reply to ItstheMarchHare]

Thanks MarchHare, it really was a lovely run. Which run are you on now? I haven’t seen your posts for a while - I hope you’re ok 🎃👍

[ItstheMarchHare Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Hi Thunder, I’m ok. Been away looking after an elderly relative so haven’t run for a week. Ran this morning and re-did W5R1 to get my legs back into the routine 😊 also signed up for the Strava virtual 5k New York run which sounds fun. I’ll use my 20 min run for that on Friday and walk the rest of the distance 😊

[Hidden in reply to ItstheMarchHare]

Oh wow! that does sound like a lot of fun MarchHare good for you! I’ll look into that. Glad to hear your ok too 👍 let us know how that W5R3 goes for you...

I bet you’ll love it!!! 😁

[Dexy5 Graduate]

I felt sorry for that cockerel, being confused, dry mouthed and rough after the night before. Then I realised it was you. 😂

It sounds like you certainly perked up your day with that run.

🏃‍♂️👏👏🐔

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😂👍 Haha! Unfortunately punctuation was never my strong point Dexty... I’m sure there must be a few teachers on here that read my posts and absolutely cringe! 🧐🤣

[Dexy5 Graduate]

Don't worry about it, it makes it all the more fun to read. Auto correct plays a part too. People have entered dexy and it's been changed to sexy. 😂

Love your photos too

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IgaT had a post a while back where she started with "an easy 90 sex jog"...! I was very impressed. Thank you sexy5

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

🤣🤣

[DoozerMcDooze Graduate]

Nice one Thundersloth

[Nita49 Graduate]

Sounds like a a good night, I love friends like that, so thoughtful getting your favourite beverage 👍, and what a great place to run! Lucky you!

Beautiful pics, thank you for sharing.

And more importantly Well Done for doing the run, you really have caught the bug haven't you 🙌

[Hidden in reply to Nita49]

Thank you Nita! Yes - it’s completely taken over.. there’s no hope for me now!!! 😱😁