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How is your running surviving Covid chaos?

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Apr 2020
9:16am, 3 Apr 2020
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Cotty67
Cheers UC and Happy, he is 86 so really worried about him.
jda
Apr 2020
9:46am, 3 Apr 2020
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jda
I find it sadly predictable that any "other" group is seen as a problem by the sort of people who go looking for things to complain about. Even on here there have been comments about people who have the temerity to run "too far" in the opinion of the complainer.
Apr 2020
10:23am, 3 Apr 2020
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Tim of MK
My personal running fitness is about 1 out of 10 just now, so no risk of going "too far".

But no problem with others taking long runs, bikes, or walks - as long as they socially distance the whole time.

I want my neighbours as 'match fit' as possible
Apr 2020
2:18pm, 4 Apr 2020
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Sigh
I just spotted this subtle addition to the standard guidance on the BBC news app:

"People should only exercise once a day, although in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland there is no legal ban on exercising more than that. In Wales, which sets its own health regulations, exercising more than once a day is now illegal - and potentially a criminal offence."
Apr 2020
2:23pm, 4 Apr 2020
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CreatureOfTheHill
Just practised a bit of mid-run social distancing with a farmer and a stray sheep, now back in the correct field and not on the road. :-) Poor ewe looked desperate to lamb, was looking very heavy in it's movements.
Apr 2020
6:13pm, 4 Apr 2020
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Muttley
"exercising more than once a day is now illegal - and potentially a criminal offence"

Not sure how they're going to enforce that, tbh.
Apr 2020
6:22pm, 4 Apr 2020
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bonners
Been like that since the lock down in Wales and we get a fine if we break the rules.
Apr 2020
6:37pm, 4 Apr 2020
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Trin
In Spain any exercising away from your home is illegal
um
Apr 2020
7:07pm, 4 Apr 2020
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um
Just received via Wilts Ramblers Assoc., if of interest


DEFRA Guidance on Footpaths

We received the guidance earlier this afternoon and are arranging for it to be made available on the CAF and Wiltshire Council websites. Although DEFRA have managed to apply CROW Act Access Land legislation to the duties of the Highways Act, the origins of the guidance are with advice developed jointly between the Wiltshire Council rights of way team and colleagues at the Dartmoor National Park Authority, then refined by a cohort of rights of way and access officers from several of the south-west councils.

The advice that we ((Wiltshire Council, not the south-west collective) sent on Wednesday this week to the NFU to distribute to their Wiltshire members was,

"At the time of writing, the government has not issued any guidance to close public rights of way and they should all still be open. Wiltshire Council officers will (if safe to do so) investigate any unofficial signage on footpaths and other Rights of Way, however although the legal routes of public rights of way should be kept available for use, it is understandable that some farmers, householders and other landowners will be nervous of the potential risks both to them and to path users where there is insufficient space available to maintain the recommended social distancing precautions. Wiltshire Council is not able to assist in the provision of temporary path diversions, but we are advising members of the public that if they come across signs positioned by farmers, householders and other landowners and occupiers, that although the official right of way will remain open, we would encourage them to follow a diversion if possible. However, farmers, householders and other landowners and occupiers should be aware that if they do provide alternative paths that do not follow existing public rights of way, they should sign them as permissive and should also understand that by inviting people onto new areas of their land they will have an increased extent of occupiers’ liability and should undertake appropriate risk assessments."
Apr 2020
7:46pm, 4 Apr 2020
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HappyG(rrr)
I don't think that's helpful at all by that council. Farmers and landowners have a right to safety too and hundreds of walkers handling gates when a farmer simply cannot protect themselves with gloves and masks puts them at unnecessary risk. And going in any routes where you can't pass 2m away from each other puts you and other walkers at risk. Councils should say that where safe 2m separation and not touching surfaces is not possible then a landowner has every right to temporarily shut rights of way. Walk on a hill or field instead.

Imho. Grrr.

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Maintained by Canute
Covid-19 case numbers continue to rise exponentially in the UK.

It is even more crucial to do everything we can to slow the rate of onset of new cases. Nonetheless, exercise remains important for our health.

The relevant piece of the legislation in England is:

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020

Restrictions on movement

6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need—

(a) to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons and supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the household of a vulnerable person, or to obtain money, including from any business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 2;

(b) to take exercise either alone or with other members of their household;

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That is an abbreviated version. Here is a link to a more comprehensive specification of section 6:
legislation.gov.uk

Similar regulations apply in Scotland, where section 8, (5) (b) states:
(b) to take exercise, either alone or with other members of their household.
In Northern Ireland, section 5 (2) (b) is the same:
(b) to take exercise either alone or with other members of their household;

In Wales, the regulations state that you can leave the house no more than once a day for exercise, The relevant section [section 8] states:

(b) to take exercise, no more than once a day, either alone or with other members of the household.

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Here is a link to the guidance regarding a reasonable excuse to leave the house, issued by the National Police Chiefs Council (for England):
college.police.uk
Note added 26th May: unfortunately the clear guidelines issued in April have been taken down and replaced by a more complex collection of documents.
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The fact that the government accepts the importance of exercise places a responsibility on us to exercise in a way that reduces our risk of becoming a clinical case rather than increasing our risk.

Here is a review of the factors that influence the relationship between exercise and function of the immune system
fetcheveryone.com/blog/13360/2020/3#blog403926
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