brr its cold out rhere

[givman]

just got back from a sharp 3 miler....very cold but enjoyable!!

[BigEd]

Well done givman. I finally managed to restart W3 this evening as i was behind in the programme. yes it is rather nippy!

[givman]

hows it going?

[BigEd]

Tonight was OK actually ta despite nearly being run over (my fault). Looking forward to parkrunning again saturday.

[givman]

yeh we had to be careful....high viz vests to be worn at this time of yr...yep parkrun on saturday am for me too

[BigEd]

I wear a hi viz but i ran on t a junction too quickly. Which Parkrun do you do? I enter the Cambridge one.

[givman]

ah right i do the Hull one.its a flat two laps of the local park

[BigEd]

Yes ours is a figure of 8, very wet and muddy. it was icy last week and a bloke slipped over on a bridge and possibly broke his elbow. My mrs is a first aider and dealt with him while she waited for me in the cafe, bless her!

[givman]

yeh ours is all paths but was a little tricky in places......especially where the ice hadnt melted

[BigEd]

Easy to become a casualty and be unable to run for weeks if you are not careful.

[jazz15c Graduate]

Did the same last night...banged out 3.3 miles, first time for about 5 days, felt good.

Night off tonight, but out again tomorrow night for a Google mapped 4 mile route around Saltash (cornwall)...need a map cos I always get lost else...!

[notbad Graduate]

I'm loving running in the colder weather, we have snow today and it seems to energise me. Good sensible warning from bigEd about the ice though, extra caution needed because it's very easy to go ones length.

[jazz15c Graduate in reply to notbad]

Personally feel the same, would much rather run when it's a tad nippy than when it's boiling hot.

I'm just taking it steady, watching my stride length, avoiding drain covers, and taking extra care when turning sharp corners.

Stay safe people. x

[givman]

yeh its times like this when i hit the x country....much safer if u fall

[chusan51 Graduate]

wish I could get into running in the cold. Did a charity 5k two weeks ago and not run since. Have to get back into it. Off to Spain this week and hotel has treadmill; never run on one so will give it a go and try to knock out a couple of 5k runs before heading off to meetings. Also need to man up and try running in this cold weather, I've been a whimp