Cold and icy and a quick hello!!

[Richard7]

A quick hello from me. Outside today is pretty cold at -4, I don't mind the cold but I was reminded by Oldfloss from her recent post about running on ice and figured today would be the day to heed her wisdom and so I headed down the gym.

I guess I am lucky that I have a gym membership to fall back on, I joined last January and went quite regularly until restarting C25K in October. My last visit was during week 9 in December when the outside conditions convinced me a visit was required - I have to say whilst it was useful in keeping me on the straight and narrow with completing C25K I hated it!

So I was not overly keen to head back there today, I had managed 2 consolidation runs this week but wanted to make sure I got a 3rd one in.

This time was not quite as bad as the last, for a start my watch and the treadmill more or less agreed with the pace I was doing so there was a lot less confusion on my part on whether I was going to run out of steam. I got to about 15 mins and started to struggle mentally to keep going - I really don't know how I didn't burn a hole in the wall with the Paddington stare I was giving it - once I got to 20 mins I knew I was on the home straight!

All in all I think it was the right decision today! I took the dog out for a walk yesterday afternoon and he was like Bambi at times - I didn't want that for myself today on my run!

If you are still on the C25K journey - keep at it - it works

Wherever you are on your running journey - happy running.

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

hi Richard7 ..,good to hear from you 🙂

Gym is def the best place these last few days, the pavements are like a skating rink!! And yes, a Paddington bear stare is what you need sometimes to keep going!!!!

Well done on your run today

[Dexy5 Graduate]

A good call Richard7 ! It was -2C on our prom parkrun and the frost was very slippy . I wasn’t going for a PB today, taking a safer trot just to get a tick in the box.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

very well done on all counts you! Safe rather than sorry....

You did really well and maybe a Marmalade sandwich next time to keep you going!

[Richard7 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Ha ha now that's a great idea 😃

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Richard7]

...and Marmalade sandwiches are one of the best pre run snacks for runners...true!

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[GoogleMe Graduate]

The Paddington stare is a great tip for when the going gets tough. I have certainly subjected distant trees to it in my time.

[drl212 Graduate]

Sounds like a good decision. It is bitter out there and sometimes its tough to spot the ice...

[Scruff55 Graduate]

Good decision this morning. I did the same yesterday and I struggled and I’m afraid I gave up at 20 minutes so I’ll bear that Paddington’s hard stare in mind in the future 🤣🤣🤣🧸🧸

[Rustyhoumous Graduate]

Hello, your post was amusing, thank you for that today.

[Richard7 Graduate in reply to Rustyhoumous]

No worries, sounds like you needed it 🤠