Well, what a surprise that was. I've struggled to run regularly for the last few weeks due to a cough that just lingered on and on.. Especially at night. The most I've done is 5k I think, and only once a week just to keep a semblance of fitness going. On Thursday I struggled to do 3k before giving up, so had no great hopes for today other than seeing if I could get to 5, MT fallback distance. It was cold, Frost here last night and was only 5' when I set off... I thought I would check on my out apiary at the same time. I hadn't covered 1 hive with black plastic to deter woodpeckers from chomping their way in. They find hives easy pickings when the ground is frozen. Anyway, I digress, can't resist an opportunity to talk about my beloved bees when it arises!. I parked about 10 minutes from the hives and started running down a single track road. No puddles, leaves or ice to dodge and I felt pretty good. Unlike Thursday. I'd planned to do 2.5 and then retrace my steps. I was feeling pretty good still so thought I'd carry on to 5 and turn back. Which I did.....but got really confused by all the little single track roads I'd been on....at 14k I stopped and asked a rare person in a remote garden, the way back to the where I'd parked! Then I walked the next 4k! I was cold by then so went straight home to a hot bath, ignoring the bees! Was dead pleased I'd done so much after doing so little. Maybe the enforced rest really did my muscles good?
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I've set four separate PBs this week after having (unwillingly) to take extra rest days. There might be something in it, you know.
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That sounds like quite an adventure you had Mormor1! I’m glad you got home to a nice warm bath. I’ve had a few runs like that, they’re really good and pop out of nowhere. I think your muscles were all rested and raring to go 😃.
It was sooo surprisingly reassuring too. I'd begun to think I'd probably peaked last summer and it was slowly downhill from now on!
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I didn't know you are a beekeeper - how lovely!!!
Well done, rest is fab xxx
Started to learn about bees 7 years ago, and not unlike running, it was something I wish I'd started years earlier. I was up to 18 hives this year, in 2 locations, so it's alot of heavy work in the season, April- September mainly. But I love everything about them, from lifting the roof and trying to understand what they, as a colony, are saying, ( sometimes it's "put our lid back and buzzoff" ) to reaping the rewards of calm bees and lots of honey.!
Gorgeousness! How fascinating, they are amazing creatures 😍 And do you sell honey?
Yes. I supply 2 shops and a small museum but mainly I sell though an honesty box on the track outside where we live. It's a popular walk/cycle route and I have lots of repeat customers now. If they are really interested I ask them if they'd like to see the bees, suitably dressed in a beesuit of course. I also make lip basalm and beeswax wraps but don't sell those.
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Fabulous! All round!!! 😊
Good for u Mormor. A big jump from 3 km to 14 km , U must have felt good and lots of energy. I bet I’ve been stung a few times. Do the bees die off in the winter with the cold? Well done and a deserved hot soak in tub🙂
The honey bee is the only bee to survive winter as a colony.With all other bees and wasps it's only a pregnant queen that survives. It's why honey bees are so important for early pollination. They survive temps below 10' in a cluster in the hive. They disengage their wings to huddle close, like penguins they rotate from middle to edges. Here endeth the lesson!! I get stung quite another but am immune to swelling up now. It still hurts going in! Usually means I've been to heavy handed or something. Sadly I used up all the hot water for my bath, but it was wonderful. No stiffness today despite the leap in distance. 👍😅
That’s good , half marathon coming up!!
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You ran on fresh legs and didn’t you do great? and hopefully the bees 🐝 are going to be ok through winter too
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AHH very well done, such a great run 👏😃You must bee buzzing 🐝 😂
That is just brilliant. Well done. I'm looking forward to having one come from out of the blue now 😀
That rest period has maybe helped you.
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Having a rest is really worth it if you’re hurt and need to regenerate and recuperate 🙂. Really pleased that you got out and nailed a great run 💪🏃♀️😃🌪
Did you try eating honey for your cough, eg by the spoonful? I found running helped my last cough - which was yonks ago - but coincided with a race. I’d done all sorts to shift it, but come race day I was still hacking. I sucked on a cough sweet at the start, and kept some in my pocket. I found that once I started running up the long hill at the start I was fine and never coughed again. I assume it was because running opens up the airways and diaphragm 🙂
I love bees and my garden is always buzzing with them and wasps. I grow veg so it’s open house 🙂