This is what an elderly gentleman said to me as I ran past him this morning on what had to be one of my wettest runs ever! “Idiot”, I shouted back, and then felt really bad as I hope he didn’t think I was calling him that 🤣.! It was a very wet, very squelchy 8k, and I didn’t even mind being tsunamied by a mini van on the home stretch, as it made no difference whatsoever in the soaking stakes. Coffee never tasted so good after a run.
Have a smashing day all! 😊😊😊
I misread that as “on heroin” first time Frenc! Don’t worry, we elderly gentlemen are often called idiots 🙂 Well done on getting out there….provided you are not cold and wet, a bit of a soaking is fine.
Ah maybe I need to edit it Beachcomber66 ! I did wonder if it might be misconstrued 😁. You are right, a bit of a soaking is fine.
Oh myyyyyyyy!!!!! Bravo!!!
👏🏻🤪 Well done!! Every village needs one after all!! 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻😘
Wow! You really earned your coffee. I must be an idiot too-absolutely love a properly wet run where you can’t get any wetter. Seriously well done to you!
Thank you! It certainly woke me up 😁.
Love this 👏👏👏👏👏
I think we all do! It’s fun stuff if it’s not cold. I like the heavy thud of soaking wet gear hitting the bathroom floor! It signals to me that a good job has been done 😀
Exactly! A good splattering thud of clothes definitely signals a good job well done. Then straight in the laundry. I just spent 10 mins with the hairdryer trying to dry my still damp trainers out 🤣.
I wear a folded Buff to keep my ears warm and to hold my earbud in place. When it’s raining I add a cap 🧢 After a while running in heavy rain the Buff gets saturated and falls down with a thump on my nose. It’s a bit of a shock but it makes me laugh 😅
I just stuff them with newspaper Frenc. It works perfectly
That photo at the top right is like the old course of the new parkrun I run, it is now closed due to a electrical cable being layed by the electricity board, very very muddy, its just as well the parkrun has an alternative route.
🤣 sure he knew what you meant! Well done for still getting out!
He did didn’t he! Thank you Cowladyrunning 😊.
Perhaps he was a runner in his younger days and could completely “get it” 😍
I like to think so! It did make me chuckle though, people are funny aren’t they. Little interactions can really spur you on sometimes 😊.
Looks like a wet run. I don't mind if I'm dressed for it, in running geary. Yesterday we were out walking and got caught out in jeans and torrential rain it was not fun. Also you said they were new shoes out the box. That would upset me I like a few weeks before they get dirty. Glad you had a good run though.
Rfc x
I bet your jeans weighed more than you by the time you got home 😊. It must have been lovely to take them off and slip into something dry!
It was, it's also the best tasting cuppa tea after that 😀.
Ha ha, that's really good to read! It gives me inspiration to be an idiot this evening 🤔🤣🤣
I bet! ☕️
I love this!!!!!
What a great post and great run...you are undoubtedly. NOT an idiot!!!!
PS
I was tsunami-d by a white van.. years ago! As you say.... wet is wet!
😂 I think that definitely deserves an entry in the “funny passer by comments” table. Not sure if it exists but it ought to, 👍
Oh my it did make me laugh! And a laugh at that point in the run was sorely needed 🤣. I’m sure HU could fill that table with many a funny comment 😁.
Love this! Some of the remarks you get when running are so funny. Unfortunately, I am long gone past by the time an amusing reply comes to mind!
haha, funny enough I really love the really wet rainy days, the wetter the better!!🤣
Well done for enjoying the wet - you must be in your element at the moment!
Haha, yep I love it!! 🤣🤣
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