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Jan 2024
4:03pm, 14 Jan 2024
6,848 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I think it's 14 to London jda - but I am where I am and currently that's a bit close to the raggedy edge. I did manage 71 miles last week which is the highest since the last week of August so heading in the right direction if I can keep it up.
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Jan 2024
7:36pm, 14 Jan 2024
99 posts
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LS21
First 20 of this campaign for me this morning too. No idea how this week will be. The ‘feels like’ temp is -19 here in the morn. And it doesn’t really get any better til Sat!
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Jan 2024
6:32am, 15 Jan 2024
6,850 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I'll stop moaning LS21! LOL.
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Jan 2024
7:09am, 15 Jan 2024
100 posts
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LS21
No, moan away! The weather has been pretty challenging this year. I’ve found it a real struggle at times. I’m usually ok at cracking on with it, but the temperature has been pretty oppressive at times. Today wasn’t actually that bad. A bit warmer lower down (feels like -8! 😆) - but I don’t think it did feel that cold. It’s cumulative though and seems to build almost. It’s not due to go above 0C til Sat, so by Thu/Fri I’ll be struggling, not helped at all by how cold it is at my work. Hey ho, it’s the Lakes in Jan so just crack on eh?
Hope you’re managing to get out ok. It’s ’so as best as I can’ this week I think!
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Jan 2024
7:57am, 15 Jan 2024
245 posts
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Miser
Those are monstrous cold temperature numbers LS!
To make the not quite 20’s among you feel better, I only attempted 11 as my long run this week!
Felt like week 1 was about following the plan and hitting everything - I’ll start upping the mileage on long runs now and trying to make it all more useful (it’s a classic 2x 20+ runs training plan which makes no sense for the long stuff!)..
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Jan 2024
4:42pm, 15 Jan 2024
6,851 posts
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Little Miss Happy
LS21 - only a feels like of -5C here but after walking the dog I actually decided that going to work was a more tempting proposition than a run! Problem is I've already been wearing my very cold weather gear and now it's even colder and it takes my hands especially hours to warm up once they've got cold - which is very quickly. I need to HTFU though, add an extra layer and get out tomorrow unless it's dangerous. I do have a treadie but my various niggles are at a stage that I daren't push them any further.
Miser - I need as many 20s as I can manage in a campaign to have the confidence to last the distance.
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Jan 2024
5:11pm, 15 Jan 2024
16,240 posts
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jda
40 mins on the tready for me again today, it was a bit chilly out but mostly I was just not wanting to be stranded if my knee flared up, it was a bit tender after yesterday's effort. In the event it rather loosened up instead which was encouraging. Seems to be some slightly sore ligaments on the outside, doesn't feel serious and I should be able to run through it. I even wonder if I could have banged it on something and have a minor bruise, but there's nothing really visible and I don't remember anything like that.
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Jan 2024
5:13pm, 15 Jan 2024
6,853 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Hope it doesn't turn into anything worse jda.
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Jan 2024
7:59pm, 15 Jan 2024
101 posts
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LS21
LMH - when it’s really cold I usually add a layer (or two) of stuff I wouldn’t normally wear to run in. E.g. - this morn it was my usual layers but then with a quite heavy duty hoodie over the top of everything (with the hood up), and then a high vis gilet over the top of that. Quite bulky/heavy etc but it was just an easy run. So it was completely fine to run in. I had 6 layers on it total!
But ditto re my hands being the problem. I wore big ski gloves today but still suffered. When I’d finished I genuinely couldn’t put my socks on when I was trying to get dressed. It honestly took me 10 minutes+ just to get them on. I couldn’t grip at all. My hands had totally gone!
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Jan 2024
6:42am, 16 Jan 2024
6,857 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Getting back into the house can be an issue sometimes LS21 - can't get the key out of my pocket! I've had a thumb hole merino top, merino gloves, wool gloves and hands up the sleeves of my jacket already this year to little good effect! I just need to suck it up.
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