The Running thread

[Astnor]

No disagreement on the subject then so no further arguments required. Got under some heavy rain during my trip on wheels today and with temperature about 12 degrees Celcius I - after finally home, had to spend 30 minutes in the shower with unusual hot water to be comfortable again.

[Brazilian Villain]

No disagreement on the subject then so no further arguments required. Got under some heavy rain during my trip on wheels today and with temperature about 12 degrees Celcius I - after finally home, had to spend 30 minutes in the shower with unusual hot water to be comfortable again.

It was the hottest May on record, apparently.

[Astnor]

Of no support, apparently.

[Risso]

No disagreement on the subject then so no further arguments required. Got under some heavy rain during my trip on wheels today and with temperature about 12 degrees Celcius I - after finally home, had to spend 30 minutes in the shower with unusual hot water to be comfortable again.

Yeah, it's been shit here, about 12°-13° all weekend too, with an even colder breeze. Rubbish.

[charlatan]

Couldn't run for a couple of months in the winter because of tendonitis in my foot and by the time I was able to start running again I'd had a horrible cough for a month. A can't breathe in through my mouth while running because otherwise I'll have a coughing fit and not be able to run in a straight line (especially if it does that weird bit where I can't breathe briefly) and it may aggravate that pain in my rib cage sort of a cough. I didn't want to push it yet because every time I did there was pain in my left lung area or was it heartburn?

Only months later when the coughing was finally over did I read about the rising number of whooping cough cases. Looked up Youtube videos of the sound of  whoop. Ah...

Back up around 100 miles a month again now. No one died.

[charlatan]

No disagreement on the subject then so no further arguments required. Got under some heavy rain during my trip on wheels today and with temperature about 12 degrees Celcius I - after finally home, had to spend 30 minutes in the shower with unusual hot water to be comfortable again.

Yeah, it's been shit here, about 12°-13° all weekend too, with an even colder breeze. Rubbish.

Optimal temperature for running?

[Risso]

No disagreement on the subject then so no further arguments required. Got under some heavy rain during my trip on wheels today and with temperature about 12 degrees Celcius I - after finally home, had to spend 30 minutes in the shower with unusual hot water to be comfortable again.

Yeah, it's been shit here, about 12°-13° all weekend too, with an even colder breeze. Rubbish.

Optimal temperature for running?

Probably, yes!

[Risso]

No parkrun for me this weekend as doing the Rutland Water 10K. Got my eye on a new PB although the course is a bit undulating and it's going to be fairly warm, which I don't like.

[Risso]

New 10K pb at the above, 51:08. My watch said 50:56 but the official time is on the chip I suppose.

[charlatan]

Nice one - the 50 minute barrier looms on the horizon...

[Richard E]

2000th consecutive failure in the London Marathon ballot so I have entered Manchester on the same day instead.

[shirley_villan]

No joy for me either, although I did get in on the ballot for 2022 after years of trying.

I ran Manchester in April and it's a good substitute. I think I'm going to enter Brighton.

[Risso]

I haven't heard from them yet, is that a good sign, or just that surnames starting with R get emails later in the day?!

[Risso]

Just came through. Amazingly enough, on my first ever try...

Spoiler for Hiden:

I didn't get a place.

[Risso]

Small milestone today, 25th parkrun, at Nobles on the IOM. Surprisingly tough little course. Two and a half laps of the course, with the first half of each lap all downhill, including some tight turns and a long uphill section. Challenging.