Tomorrow I’m due to do W4R2. It’s important for me to achieve it - R1 was tough but I blooming DID IT! I am NOT giving up. But. Looking at the weather for tomorrow morning ... 😞 Will I feel worse battling it in the rain and wind or worse if I don’t go? Help!
To go in the rain and wind or postpone for a day - Couch to 5K
To go in the rain and wind or postpone for a day
Get out there 💪🏻 you’re Determined55 the name says it all.....you can have a nice hot shower when you get back and you’ll feel great and be glad you made the effort 👍
Thank you! I want to believe the wind won’t blow me over or the rain make my legs go to jelly. Can you promise I will be ok, can you, please?! 🤦♀️
I say you should just give it a go!! As couchphoenix says it will be lovely to reward yourself with a nice hot shower/bath when you get back!! I’ve ran in the rain a few times and I actually don’t mind it, I tend to warm up quite quickly too so it’s not too bad! Is it raining all day? Or will you be able to have one in the evening?
If the roads are starting to flood due to a deluge and it's overflowing house gutters, it's probably wise not to go out today.
Light rain's not a problem, though.
I have to go in the mornings when I get up or I will make an excuse not to go!
I am in the middle of countryside so there are known places that flood, I can avoid them!
A rain shower? Go running! A storm? Perhaps play it safe and delay it by a day.
Ultimately it's about safety. My rule is if the risk of accident, injury or illness more significant than the likely benefit of going for a run, then don't I go out. Exactly the same applies to very hot or very cold weather, or running with plain shoes on icy pavements, or when the terrain is muddy. Stubbornly pushing through dangerous conditions just to be able to say 'I did a run!' is never worth the risk of breaking my ankle!
All that said, I absolutely love running in the rain! It's unbelievably refreshing, and getting dry and warm afterwards is the best.
If it safe, ( no weather danger warnings) , and you feel like a bracing run... get out there... its just wet... take it steady... the wind will be in your face.. it always is Just enjoy and have a great warm shower afterwards!
Embrace the weather
Thank you thank you thank you oh wonderful people in my phone. I did it!!
It was amazing! And yes couchphoenix it was my BEST RUN YET!!! I can’t believe I went out when it was barely daylight and ran in the wind and the rain!!!! Roll on R3 and into next week - GO ME 👏👏👏👏
This morning the radar chart shows a conveyor belt of very heavy rain lined up to hit an area stretching from NW Wales to North Yorkshire, and it's relentless. No run for me today.