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RunBrianRunHalf Marathon
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Saw this and looking at the forecast for tomorrow morning (in the south at least) I thought of our brave VRBs that might be out at parkruns. Just not me. I’ll be in bed being very NOT hardcore 😂

Good news is that the rest of the week seems a lot drier 👍

Good luck to anyone running out there tomorrow, or indeed during any rain.

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Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Miles

I am committed to volunteering this morning along with the rest of the core team. But at least I can put my waterproof trousers and jacket on! I’m timekeeping so my phone will be in a plastic bag. I can cope with the rain, but gusts of 48 mph?!?

We are so going to enjoy our brunch afterwards.

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Dexy5

That’s very brave. In think I’d rather be running than standing. Well done, very committed! That brunch will be well earned. 👍

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Miles in reply to RunBrianRun

It was Brian, and I learned the hard way that I should have had my hand in the plastic bag when timekeeping on the phone. I thought tapping through it would work but got multiple non existing runners. Good job there were two of us!

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon

I’m sitting in the car in Weston-super-Mare deciding at what point I put my hardcore self into action. I don’t need to hear the briefing do I? 😂💨💦💨💦💨💦💨💦💨💦💨

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks

oh blimey Cheeky. Good luck 👍

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

Survived - and it was fun Brian! Of course it was! 😅

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks

woohoo 🎉 Well done Cheeky!! You is hardcore 💪

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

Ahh thanks Brian! As they’d say around here, ‘I done a proper job today’ 😂

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon in reply to cheekychipmunks

nah, you’ve heard it all before 🤣👍

Week7 profile image
Week7Half Marathon

I haven't run since Monday so have to put on my big girl pants and get out there! -actually, I think a my little raincoat would be more beneficial and I have to confess that I am quite partial to a wet run after a tough week- not that there has been much choice recently! Happy soggy running to you all.

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Week7

Yeah! Go for it. Hardcore running for sure 💪

Week7 profile image
Week7Half Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

Ahh-it stopped raining by the time I got out but the puddles were still growing with all the run off so it was a good old splishy splashy trot!

HeavyFoot profile image
HeavyFootHalf Marathon

Don’t mind rain, don’t mind wind (hey! I’m in Cornwall) but cleaning muddy trainers - yuk ☹️

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to HeavyFoot

I hear you. Could be worse. I stepped in a well camouflaged dog poo yesterday and it was all over the hallway before I spotted it. Yucky cleaning job required. 🤢

HeavyFoot profile image
HeavyFootHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

ooh. A classic. That’ll be in my dreams tonight! 💩🦶

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Miles in reply to RunBrianRun

😱

nowster profile image
nowsterMetric Marathon in reply to HeavyFoot

Mine go in the washing machine with my kit. (In a mesh bag.)

Sandraj39 profile image
Sandraj39Half Marathon

🤣🤣Love this!

Yep, we definitely feel more ‘hardcore’ on return from a rain- soaked run! 💦🏃‍♀️💪 I do find it’s easiest to head out in the dry though - even if the heavens then open! Heading out when it is already raining definitely makes for a hardcore runner!

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Sandraj39

I’ll only do it on training days at the track and I’ll arrange my other training around the weather. If it’s raining I’ll do a gym session instead. I completely agree, anyone who actively heads out in this sort of weather is proper hardcore. 💪👍

nowster profile image
nowsterMetric Marathon

Next week in the NW we have a forecast for snow!

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to nowster

🥶 ❄️ 😯 Will you be going out in it??

nowster profile image
nowsterMetric Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

Of course! Maybe not whilst it's actually falling, but I really like running on freshly fallen snow.

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon in reply to nowster

it’s grand! 😀🏃‍♀️ The snow piling up under your shoe falls off with a flump. I’m not crazy about it for any distance though. Once round the park will do 🙂

Dexy5 profile image
Dexy510 Miles

you need to tilt that rain by 45 degrees- straight into your face like cold needles!

Frenc profile image
FrencHalf Marathon

Lol I don’t think I’m as hardcore as I used to be! I think even THE most hardcore would be challenged at the moment though - this weather is relentless!

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Frenc

I completely agree. Even when I was running longer distances the only time I would run in the rain is when I got caught out in it on a run. There is something satisfying about having run in it though. I’ll happily run in it during training at the track mind. Not much will stop me getting to a club track session.

Frenc profile image
FrencHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

I’m with you there - I don’t mind the rain when I’m already out. I think a lot of people feel the same way. Your track determination shines through! And you are reaping super rewards 😁 from what I can see!

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Frenc

I’m only 4 weeks away from my first race 😬 I wish I could control my nerves though as I get very anxious. Wasting lots of precious energy before I even get to the start line.

Frenc profile image
FrencHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

Totally understandable! Where will you be running?

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Frenc

Lee Valley indoor track on the 12th, then the weekend after that it’s the BMAF UK Championships in Sheffield, then on the weekend after that it’s the BMAF Inter Area champs back at Lee Valley 😬

Frenc profile image
FrencHalf Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun

How exciting! I’d come and cheer you on if I didn’t have to work and it was closer. 😊

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Frenc

That’s really sweet of you Frenc Thank you. x I will need all the support I can get. Tbh just taking part is a miracle considering where I was just a few years ago.

Cmoi profile image
CmoiMarathon

Depends how sunny it is - while I'm all for sunshine, give me hardcore rain over hardcore heatwave any day! 😉🙃

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon in reply to Cmoi

rain during a run on a warm day is THE best isn’t it 🙂

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to Cmoi

I remember my days running in Bahrain when the temperature outside was ridiculous. I much prefer the colder weather runs absolutely.

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRun10 Miles

I'm not hardcore either Brian, still coughing a bit from my Christmas lurgy, I'm taking Wednesday as a re set day, re set diet and get out for a short run, then I have the joys of an MRI at lunch time, but I'm looking forward to it as it's a day off work. I'm getting too old for 6 day weeks

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun

Good luck on Wednesday Sola. I do hope it’s a successful reset day for you 👍 Definitely time for to start taking it easy Sola if at all possible. 👍

SueAppleRun profile image
SueAppleRun10 Miles in reply to RunBrianRun

Planning to reduce days in June, I'd like 3 a week but they may only let me do 2, and sometimes a 2 day week sounds wonderful, and it's 3 years today since I quit smoking

RunBrianRun profile image
RunBrianRunHalf Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun

Oh that’s a great celebration! 5 years for me. Not sure exactly when it was. I just stopped and that was it.

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