Boy! What was I thinking??? What made me believe it was okay to go running for half an hour in this heat and humidity? We even waited until 8pm, but it was like breathing in and running through treacle! 🥵
Just before my buddy turned up, I had a rather balletic accident, involving my dog’s well-gnawed bone. In walking through to the tiled dining room, I didn’t spot said bone, but stepped on it. It proceeded to slide across the tiled floor, resulting in me gracefully sinking onto my right knee, with a resounding thud. 🤬 My first thought was “Am I going to be able to run after this?”. (What the hell has happened to me, when that would be my first thought???) I gingerly picked myself up, a rather slow process, as I am arthritic and not as spry as I used to be. There was no visible injury, so I thought I was good to go.
Anyway, I ran for thirty minutes, going EXTREMELY slowly, with the occasional sprint (for me) between lampposts. Both knees hurt, as did my left groin and left sacroiliac joint. I will pay for this tomorrow, mark my words. But, I DID it!
Moral of the story is: A gnawed bone may be your downfall, but it needn’t stop you from running. 🦴
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Oh dear hope you're ok. You bone incident reminded me of my childhood. We used to give the dogs (about 8 of them!) a dried cow hoof to chew on. Often left in inconvenient places, just perfect for stepping on in the middle of the night in your bare feet 😖🤬😂
Ouch MG - glad you’re ok and hope it’s not too sore today bless! Well done for running with it being so muggy! I went walking yesterday afternoon and that was warm enough despite it being overcast and raining on at one point 🤗 x
Well done you! Hope you’re not suffering too much today. I was out at 5 this morning and it was warm then - looking back, the hoodie wasn’t a good idea 🥵🥵
Listen to your body if you’ve had a wee fall. I went out at 9pm but lucky to have a tree lined pathway that was actually quite cool. Knew the difference when, for the last 10 mins, I left the pathway for the streets and the difference was very noticeable.
Respect for running in this heat. I haven't since last Monday because of hand op but determined to do tonight if only a short quick one. Hopefully you haven't tweaked anything with the indoor skating 🤣😅
So glad its not just me finding it difficult! I went out about 2.30pm! Sun blazing around its peak! Crazy! But its my usual after work run time! Only managed 15 mins running, the rest walking. I don't like to quit but it was just way way too hot! Will have to rethink my run times or make do with walking when it's this hot??
I’m not going to run the rest of the week. I’ll consider it Saturday, if the temperature drops significantly, but if not, I’ll have to wait until next week. Sigh!
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