Minimal faffing today, quite literally I was out and running, just an hour after waking.
Breakfasted, stretched and hydrated ( more so as it's looking warm outside)
I wanted to run this morning, firstly because I needed to and I'd been toying with the old klms or miles, so after a Garmin twiddle out of curiosity I was plumbed into miles let's see......
My normal pre-run gaff time is about 2 hours, so running an hour after leaving the land and duvet was errr well, the legs felt clunky 🤨.
I knew the pacing I was aiming for a steady 9.30 per mile, easy enough!!! BUT I definitely don't like it, across the last 24 months or so I'm intune with klms this mileage lark is odd, I know it's a split audience but I'm switching back asap...
The running with the exception of a very busy towpath and walkers who definitely weren't for making space, was just the wake up tonic I needed, energized and ready for nightshift number 7....
Enjoy those Sunday runs you lot, be you graduates, current couch participants on your various weeks.
Cheers LottieMW the cyclists are pretty good I find, and most will call out, or sound their cycles bell, but walkers especially the touristy ones ( aqueduct visitors definitely) will not share the towpath 🧐 I'll always try to make my own space
Don't blame all the cyclists LottieMW, I have been cycling for what seems forever, I always ring my bike bell for walkers or runners, now that I also run I lookout for any cyclists behind me.
Over the weekend I have done all three disciplines, yesterday morning I RAN 🏃♂️5K, this morning I WALKED 🚶♀️ 8k and early this afternoon I had a short BIKE 🚴ride and yes I rang my bike bell to warn several walkers that I was going to pass, all the runners I saw this afternoon were running in the opposite direction.
It's a tricky line the bell thing. I hate using my bell... it smacks of "get out of my way" when that's not what I'm trying to say so will try for a cheery "morning!" or "afternoon!" first. Sadly some "walkers" will not respond to anything, in fact have been known to make efforts to block trails even worse. Some runners using music can be oblivious to all forms of communication too. 🤷♀️
As a runner I often get accused of "sneaking up" on walkers and told I should have a bell... 🙄 I sometimes sing out loud to alert them to my presence or click my fingers like a pacing metronome as I approach, but again, many are lost in conversation and completely in their own bubble...
The problem with many psyclepaths is that their bells no longer sound like bicycle bells. Some are electronic and sound just like an alert notification on your phone. Some just do the tiniest "ting" and assume you've realised what it is and how far off it is. A "brrring" would be much more obvious.
Warm was definitely the word Sarah 🥵, the breeze was barely a whisper it was so still.How's that revisiting the couch progressing easier second time around?
I wanted to jump in the sea this morning after my run! 😂It’s going well thanks. Loads easier thanks Ian. Started Week 4 this morning and saw Osteopath yesterday and she’s really pleased with all I’ve been doing 😇
I'm toying between kms and miles too, interesting to hear it's a 'thing'! Will have a look around on the communities here for what people think... currently using kms but not sure I like it 😏
Oh it's definitely a "thing" D25K I guess it's an individual thing, there's definitely more klms In a marathon than miles, but those klms they roll by quicker 🤓
It's so weird, I never do that (and get very annoyed if someone else does!) It's just a completely different thing, but miles on foot makes so much more sense. I was delighted looking at my satnav that over Xmas I ran the same distance as it takes to get from Chichester to one of my usual RDCs in Sittingbourne.... 🤣🤣🤣 so maybe I should measure in RDCs 🤣
Ahh but I guess my nights are probably perhaps easier than nursing nightshifts Rebecca ? I'm just sitting down pressing pedals and spinning the steering wheel thingy 😋.........
Tonight's shift number 8 then thankfully I'm off tomorrow.......
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Hanging up my running shoes
