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My first run in 4 days, due to recovery from my first post work runs. Felt I needed to let my sore muscles heal. Also I was waiting for my new tights to come, yes you read that right, I’m a grown man running in tights 😂 Don’t worry I wear shorts as well, don’t want all the ladies getting too excited now do we 🤣🤣

Anyway It was a lot better than I was expecting, started off very easily hoping that all the healing had been done. Checked my watch and I’d done about 1KM, everything seemed fine and I think that let me just relax and get on with it.

I know they say you don’t lose any significant fitness in the first couple of weeks but it felt really comfortable from start to finish. Never at any point felt like my breathing was an issue, just a few little niggles which is quite normal for me.

As for the tights they seemed to work really well, a little odd feeling at first but forgot I was even wearing them after a while. I felt like I had loads of energy even towards the end, can’t be a coincidence right?

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Birdlady64 profile image
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Go faster tights!😁

Brilliant!🦸

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Jools2020Graduate in reply to Birdlady64

Definitely need some of those! 😂

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Bracken2018Graduate

Hi,

Out of interest are they Compression tights ?

They make them for men and women , I have zxu - and found them to be incredible. My legs never feel heavy and I have good recovery after a 5 or 7K run, which for an old bird like me is reassuring.

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Dtay1978Graduate in reply to Bracken2018

Yeah, mine are by Under Armour, I’ll see how I feel again tomorrow but at the min I’m very impressed 😊

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FionamagsGraduate

sounds great! Brilliant run. I think there's going to be a rush on those tights🤣🤣🤣

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SueAppleRunGraduate

The rest gave you fresh legs 😀

Dmc33 profile image
Dmc33Graduate

Oh I love those runs where it all just feels manageable - good work tights!

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AngelpoppyGraduate

Sounds like a great run! Good that you listened to your body and had a decent few days break. Reckon you should start charging commission on those tights 😂

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EThomasGraduate

Well done on your run. The rest and your new tights obviously worked well for you.

Well done 👍

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Thismumcan_runGraduate

Well done, hope you’ve settled back into work ok 😀

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