HUHM - Run away to a world that we design

[Cmoi]

With no fog, no other commitments, and the realisation that it's exactly 18 months since my first C25K run, today was the perfect time for the HUHM. If we overlook the fact that I haven't run more than 12.3k since the start of October, and that recent wet weather made me decide against some of the tougher trails, that is!

So my extremely detailed plan was to go up and down a few hills, and return home, ideally unscathed, after 21.1k or so.

As last time, French voice-generation software massacred the RunGo commentary, from the "teddy beer" ("teddy bier"? surely not!) to the "beeg shoe of on courage mon from the crude".

There was probably more, but the technology wasn't playing nicely, so I missed lots. Though I would like to inform SkiMonday that no, if I'd been on a bike I wouldn't "have been there by now", I'd have been a sobbing wreck, and the velocipede would have been recycled into something that even The Repair Shop wouldn't take on.

I just kept bimbling on, taking in all the views, and greeting the dogs, horses and cows - no humans were encountered though, which isn't unusual.

With about 3k to go - Strava, Garmin and RunGo were all merrily announcing different distances - the nice automated Strava lady decided to inform me that "GPS signal is weak." She then kept repeating the information, time after time after time. As I pointed out to her very loudly (does bilingual swearing count as a test of easy pace?) what did she expect me to do about it? Send up my own personal satellite to improve the signal?

Reader, I made it home. And despite all the technology glitches, and being very out-of-practice at HM distance, I enjoyed it.

Strava stats seem overly generous. Garmin has it as 21.3k, 2:45:24, 7:47/km, 485m elevation.

Here's to running away to a world that we design.

youtube.com/watch?v=C2_-8HN...(Not working as expected?)

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

Well done you xx

[RunningJ123 10 Miles]

Wow... Only 18 months since your first c25k run?!?! Are you serious??? That's absolutely incredible... I love reading your posts and am amazed at the distances you run, and I just assumed you were a long term runner... Amazing!

[nowster Metric Marathon]

Is your phone's voice set to Inspector Clouseau mode or is it Officer Crabtree mode?

I have ployed the lotter on stooge, you knoo. Learning the wards was quote duffycult.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to nowster]

🤣🤣

[GTFC Marathon]

You are epic!! Just are. What a post, what a run and what a brilliant attitude. You deserve your successes 💜

[RunWillie Marathon]

As always, I’m in awe Cmoi 😍

Just back from a trail run with 247m elevation. Took me just under 2hours to run 10k, and managed to jarr my ankle on a rock 😔 It was beautiful though, so I can understand why trail runners keep running those trails! ❤️🏃‍♀️

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Brilliant 👏🏻 loved it 🤣👍🏻

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Sorry, but I had to laugh. I already see you running and swearing in a French/English combination about satellites! I don't know if it's a pity you didn't meet any humans or lucky. You might have made someone's day.

In any case, you did it and you did arrive home unscathed and that's what counts!

[Frenc Half Marathon]

What a great report - I have images of a mangled velocipede out there somewhere, together with a mangled satellite 🛰. Maybe it was the one that got blown up recently?! I am incredibly impressed at your time and how lovely to do it 18 months after that first C25K run. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Well done 💪

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Epic run Cmoi! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Haha! Well done. You enjoyed it - that's the key thing!!!

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon]

I’m glad to see that my helpful encouragement was taken in the spirit in which it was intended. 😎