Snowy icy run done. Well, run 1 of today done, but the next run will also be a school run-run and then off to physio... and an evening of preparing for my littlest's birthday party tomorrow. I think the last bit is more scary than any run in the ice and snow, to be honest!!
Actually, the snow and ice weren't a problem today. I ended up buying some ice runner gripper thingies (not YakTrax but some much cheaper ones from Amazon) and they were brilliant. No problem running up the icy hill... no problem running down the other side. The only problem was that my son was insisting on scooting his way to school, so we kept having to stop while he cleared the snow from his scooter wheels and then grumbled about it! They need to invent ice grippers for scooters!!
I did get a fair few 'you must be crazy' looks from people as I ran past. I don't care though, I earned them! You do look a bit crackers when you're running wearing 'only' running tights and a few bits of running clothing compared to everyone else who's wrapped up like the Michelin man! Plus, I saw one of the runners from my beginners' group dropping her daughters off at nursery and got kudos points from her as well for being 'super motivated' as she said (even though one of the main reasons I'm running my littlest to school is that running home again means I get back quicker to my cuppa cha!). Running in the snow earns you extra hardcore points!!
So, even if I don't run again today, I have run. I can wear the smug pants for the rest of the day.
*twirls around in her smug pants happily*
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Runstreak Day #396 - New Year's Eve - lethal pavement run
Today's run for day 396 was an unmitigated pile of cack. Steaming, ugly, smelly, repulsive cack. The pavements have acquired a whole new level of lethal as they're basically sheet ice which means I get to do my patented octopus wearing rollerskates impression whilst running. Plus, every so often I had to stop to cough up a lung as the cold air aggravated my chest infection.
It really wasn't pleasant. I ended up having to run in the road a fair bit, which is mildly scary on New Year's Eve when drivers aren't at their most reliable as they're off to parties etc. My choice was either run in the road and risk being run over... or run on the pavement and risk slipping into the road... and being run over. Of the two, just getting run over without the added falling on the ice seemed, in my warped logic, to be the better bet. So that's what I did. Can't say I enjoyed it!! Please, please, please melt overnight!!! I want tomorrow's run to be a fun one to start the new year!
Anyway, the thing that struck me as I was running home was that with this being New Year's Eve, I've managed to run every single day of 2014. That's not bad going, is it! I've run when the weather's been nice. When it's been foul. I've run when I've felt well. I've run when I've felt pretty awful. I've run when I should have been running. And when I shouldn't. *whistles innocently* I've done my first ever race and my first ever parkrun... and I've run 3 half marathons. I've made a bucketload of brilliant running friends. I've had months of physio and yet never injured myself running (oh the frustrating irony!). I've run over 1300 miles and always been glad I ran, even if each mile wasn't necessarily easy.
And I've loved being part of this community. Thank you for a year of inspiration, motivation, knicker and cockwomble discussions, giggles, support, achievement and being all round bloody brilliant. 2014... you have been run. Bring it on 2015... I'm ready for ya!
It really wasn't pleasant. I ended up having to run in the road a fair bit, which is mildly scary on New Year's Eve when drivers aren't at their most reliable as they're off to parties etc. My choice was either run in the road and risk being run over... or run on the pavement and risk slipping into the road... and being run over. Of the two, just getting run over without the added falling on the ice seemed, in my warped logic, to be the better bet. So that's what I did. Can't say I enjoyed it!! Please, please, please melt overnight!!! I want tomorrow's run to be a fun one to start the new year!
Anyway, the thing that struck me as I was running home was that with this being New Year's Eve, I've managed to run every single day of 2014. That's not bad going, is it! I've run when the weather's been nice. When it's been foul. I've run when I've felt well. I've run when I've felt pretty awful. I've run when I should have been running. And when I shouldn't. *whistles innocently* I've done my first ever race and my first ever parkrun... and I've run 3 half marathons. I've made a bucketload of brilliant running friends. I've had months of physio and yet never injured myself running (oh the frustrating irony!). I've run over 1300 miles and always been glad I ran, even if each mile wasn't necessarily easy.
And I've loved being part of this community. Thank you for a year of inspiration, motivation, knicker and cockwomble discussions, giggles, support, achievement and being all round bloody brilliant. 2014... you have been run. Bring it on 2015... I'm ready for ya!
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Runstreak Day #392 - *that* look
If you've ever fancied having lots of people give you *that* look, I have just the recipe for you...
Ingredients
1 runner
1 pair of candy striped socks
2 bright green trail shoes
A handful of thermal running clothes
1 woolly hat stolen from husband
Several streets full of snow, slush and ice
Method
Apply clothing to runner
Open front door and release runner
Gingerly run round the streets in an attempt to get running but not fall over
Run past people who are walking like they've pooped themselves
Witness *that* look
Run past people who are driving like they need to poop themselves
Witness *that* look
Wait at traffic lights
Get *that* look from every car that passes
Ta daaaaaaa!
Simple! You are guaranteed to get *that* look from everyone. Mainly because the pavements are flippin' lethal at the moment. We had a couple or so inches of snow overnight and the combination of that and freezing temperatures / morning sun = slushy, frozen, icy, snowy crazy conditions. Thank goodness for trail shoes and a pig headed level of stupidity which means I'll run in any weather!
A very slow 5k this morning. I didn't fall over. I made a point of grinning like a fool at everyone I passed. And although running in snow is knackering... I did it! YAY!!
And my cuppa cha tastes mighty fine after that.
PS If anyone else would like to give me *that* look... form an orderly queue... :D
Ingredients
1 runner
1 pair of candy striped socks
2 bright green trail shoes
A handful of thermal running clothes
1 woolly hat stolen from husband
Several streets full of snow, slush and ice
Method
Apply clothing to runner
Open front door and release runner
Gingerly run round the streets in an attempt to get running but not fall over
Run past people who are walking like they've pooped themselves
Witness *that* look
Run past people who are driving like they need to poop themselves
Witness *that* look
Wait at traffic lights
Get *that* look from every car that passes
Ta daaaaaaa!
Simple! You are guaranteed to get *that* look from everyone. Mainly because the pavements are flippin' lethal at the moment. We had a couple or so inches of snow overnight and the combination of that and freezing temperatures / morning sun = slushy, frozen, icy, snowy crazy conditions. Thank goodness for trail shoes and a pig headed level of stupidity which means I'll run in any weather!
A very slow 5k this morning. I didn't fall over. I made a point of grinning like a fool at everyone I passed. And although running in snow is knackering... I did it! YAY!!
And my cuppa cha tastes mighty fine after that.
PS If anyone else would like to give me *that* look... form an orderly queue... :D
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