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Dec 2022
9:59am, 15 Dec 2022
20,943 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
Looking- and doing - great D.! Obviously running too! (Unlike the couple behind you who appear to be walking.)
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Dec 2022
10:02am, 15 Dec 2022
17,556 posts
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jennywren
You look terrific D! How nice to see you 
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Dec 2022
10:03am, 15 Dec 2022
20,944 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
How is everyone getting with the current conditions. I'm assuming it's pretty icy everywhere. I'm lucky in having an indoor track available.
I'm not remotely worried about falling generally. I just don't and I fully believe thinking you will makes it more likely. Having said that I am MUCH more cautious about ice than I was when younger. I reckon it's an age thing, although the only times I have fallen outdoors (either from feet or come off my bike) involved skidding on black ice.
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Dec 2022
10:59am, 15 Dec 2022
933 posts
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Shades
I don't run if it's icy. OK today as the wind has dried the roads/pavements so able to run safely today despite the 'feels like' temp of -8.
But I don't run well in the cold weather, never race in the winter. No matter what I wear after an hour or so in sub zero temperatures my glutes/quads/hamstrings start to ache, very similar to how tired legs feel during the last few miles of a marathon. So when it's cold I shorten the distance and rarely run over 5 or 6 miles.
Sunday we're forecast 13 degrees, OK will be heavy rain and gale force winds but I don't care 😀
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Dec 2022
11:26am, 15 Dec 2022
17,557 posts
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jennywren
I did run on Tuesday but walked on the obviously icy bits. It’s even colder today though and I find very cold air makes me wheezy so I’ll just walk I think. It’s really pretty where I live but I’m a bit tired of it now!
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Dec 2022
1:31pm, 15 Dec 2022
335 posts
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Pale Skinny Vegan
Sharkie, yes, bike-run-bike would be ideal, but I'm not leaving my bike at the Visitor Centre unattended.
There's a bike hire shop, so maybe I could look into parking my bike there while I'm gone if they'll let me.
It doesn't matter that much though. I prefer running on my own, although it would be nice to do a group run sometimes. I also volunteer on the Severn Valley Railway on Saturdays, although I could swap days.
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Dec 2022
1:46pm, 15 Dec 2022
20,945 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
Ah PSV you obvs still have a ‘decent’ bike then.
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Dec 2022
4:07pm, 15 Dec 2022
1,418 posts
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forest plodder
Thanks. I was well wrapped up, including merino wool shorts under my leggings!
Had an easy run on Wednesday, but otherwise walking. I don't feel at much risk of slipping on the forest tracks, as generally you can run on the grassy verge if it looks icy.
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Dec 2022
4:19pm, 15 Dec 2022
20,946 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
My flat is so cold I'm finding it quite hard to do my indoors exercises. Twenty minutes barre and an hour's walk with the dog was all I managed today - but tomorrow is my double athletics session at Lee Valley.
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Dec 2022
2:53pm, 20 Dec 2022
7,612 posts
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Schnecke
Welcome Pale Skinny Vegan - I am also (fairly) skinny and vegan, nice to see some other tofu-eating wokerati on here
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