Making it feel better than it was....

[Jell6]

I don't know what was different about this run, but it was tough 🥵

It was much warmer than recently (17°C)

Very windy.

I kept going, but when I stopped I was not feeling good at all, bit wobbly legged, dizzy. I actually felt like I needed to lie down ( not a possibility!).

I made do with sitting on a metal fence by the motorway road bridge, almost in a hedge.

So the positive?..... A group of cyclists stopped to see if I was okay, now I could choose to find that embarrassing, but I am choosing to see it as a reinforcement that the world is not entirely the terrible place that we are recently reading about, and that good people are still out there. I assured them that I was okay, and they carried on.

Home now, restored after sugared wine gums and coffee 😊

I hope all today's runners have a good one ( and cyclists too🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️)

[backintime Graduate]

Glad you're ok. There are some good people out there !

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to backintime]

There are, and generally I get annoyed with cyclists (when they inch alongside me at traffic lights !) So happy to put them in a good guy role 😊

[DrBunny]

I’m also glad you’re ok and recovering! I had a pretty disastrous run myself yesterday, so can totally relate 🤣

Wind is definitely something to factor in... I ran on a country lane, very strong winds, dust flying from the fields, got sent into a ditch 4 times by passing harvester monsters. Gasping for breath.

Hope you recover nicely, and good luck!

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to DrBunny]

Thank you, I think it was the heat that did it, it was overcast, so it tricked me!, I am looking forward to single digit temps 🤣

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

Great to hear cyclists stopped to help you😀. Hope you feel recovered now & enjoying your weekend. 🌷

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Annieapple]

Thank you😊 I feel okay, maybe I hadn't slept well either, all these little factors add up.

[AliHC Graduate]

Glad to hear you're home and safe!

I encounter lots of cyclists on my runs, as I run out on the hills where part of the Tour de France took place on its Sheffield leg a few years ago. The cyclists always seem to be very considerate and shout encouragement or ask if I'm OK when I'm looking like a flapping fish out of water 🐠💦

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to AliHC]

Thank you, I don't usually see more than 2 or 3, certainly not together, but I was touched by the concern. 😊

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Have you had enough water sometimes it's easy to forget you still need those 2-3 litres every day . Glad your ok and yes there are a lot of great people out there. Well done you 😊

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you Buddy, I think I drank enough yesterday, but maybe it still wasn't enough.

My last few runs had been much cooler, perhaps I should have just done a shorter run today, given the heat, I think I pushed too far today.

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

Oh how wonderful Jell. You’re so right, the world does have some truly horrible stuff going on at the moment, but there are still kind human beings out there. ❤️

So glad you’re feeling better. Some runs just do that to us. You’ll more than likely have a fabulous one next time out. 🤞👍

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

😊, hope so cheeky, I do know it will be a dark one, so head torch is out, new batteries purchased, winter is nipping at the edges🤗

[cheekychipmunks Graduate in reply to Jell6]

Yes there’s definitely a nip in the air first thing now. Enjoy your dark run - I’ve personally never done one. 🏃‍♀️

[Jazzyrunner Graduate]

That’s a brilliant post. I love the quote, and the reinforcement that there are lots of good kind people around ❤️

Maybe you’re fighting off a bug?

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Jazzyrunner]

Thank you Jazzy! I expect I just pushed too hard, certainly I don't usually have to sit down after a run, but who knows, the next one will confirm!

Yes there are great people around, but recently it doesn't read that way.😐

[Jazzyrunner Graduate in reply to Jell6]

I know, it’s easy to despair, and easy to get distressed. So it’s good to be reminded sometimes that still all over the place are good-hearted people, and I must say the running community seems full of them ❤️

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Jazzyrunner]

Certainly this forum is!🤗

[Jazzyrunner Graduate in reply to Jell6]

Yes! 🙌🏻

[Goslow Graduate]

Lovely post 😊 hope your ok

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Goslow]

Thank you, I think I just went 5 minutes over my tank today!

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

There as so many more lovely people out there than we think nowadays. 👍🏻😁

Glad you were ok and got home safely 👍🏻

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

True, there are, and re getting home, yes that was fine, but reinforced the fact that I must always have my phone with me (which I do) regardless of what tech is available!😊

[ktsok Graduate]

It happens! And how useful or appropriate is pride in these scenarios - not at all! Glad to hear your cycling guardians and exercise partners checked on you and that you are ok 🙂

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to ktsok]

Thank you , yes I managed 35 minutes this morning and I was okay, I just tootled along in the dark 😊

[Couchpotato2 Graduate]

Oh definitely not embarrassing; asking or receiving for help. You’d do the in a blink of an eye I’m sure if i was in the same situation. Hope you feel a bit better today. I get dizzy spells too when running, probably something with all the oxygen received, not sure but anyway hope you are better now x

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to Couchpotato2]

I'm okay today thank you CP2, I had my first dark run of the Autumn and was excited to try out a pale grey long sleeved running top that I bought in a Decathlon that I discovered not too far from where I work. Now that could be a very bad thing🤣🤣🤣

[Couchpotato2 Graduate in reply to Jell6]

Oh no,you too! My mum reminded me that I work near a massive decathlon... we are doomed!! Exciting about the new too. I’ve not actually run in the dark yet...