Question What is making you happy today?

[Tangled up in Blue]

Weather here is positively Mediterranean. Pool out, sunbathing. Lovely.

Oi.Give us our good weather back.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Oi.Give us our good weather back.

Sadly some snow is forecast tomorrow! Oop North, but still...nuts.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Sadly some snow is forecast tomorrow! Oop North, but still...nuts.

Rain here.I blame the virus.

 

[GBJ]

You know it baby. I even got a lovely Somalian immigrant to inflate it so I didn't get my hands dirty.

Lucky he wasn’t a pirate. He’d have caulked those sheds right up & set sail on the seven seas

 

[RHB]

Fresh orange juice, bacon sandwich on wholemeal bread with HP sauce and then fresh bodum of coffee.

 

[Ricey]

Got off my fat arse and went for a run this morning. Haven’t been out for one in about 7 months. Still haven’t fully recovered from my cold but still managed a fairly decent 5k in 25 minutes.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Got off my fat arse and went for a run this morning. Haven’t been out for one in about 7 months. Still haven’t fully recovered from my cold but still managed a fairly decent 5k in 25 minutes.

I'd love a time like that, I think I chucked in football about 4 years ago and haven't run since, Do a lot of gym work and kept in good shape so didn't realise how unfit I'd got. Since lockdown I've tried a run every week. Been 3k up until a couple of weeks ago and my 1st effort at 5k was 32 mins! All the guys I used to play footy with are posting times like yours, shamed me into trying to get fit again.

 

[Ricey]

I'd love a time like that, I think I chucked in football about 4 years ago and haven't run since, Do a lot of gym work and kept in good shape so didn't realise how unfit I'd got. Since lockdown I've tried a run every week. Been 3k up until a couple of weeks ago and my 1st effort at 5k was 32 mins! All the guys I used to play footy with are posting times like yours, shamed me into trying to get fit again.

Im a natural freak when it comes to running. I’ve always been able to push good times without training and at my unfittest. If I work hard I can get sub 20’s, now I’ve gone past 30 it’s a lot harder but I’m hoping to do that again. My goal would be to beat my 10k PB of 41 minutes and try and get sub 40.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Im a natural freak when it comes to running. I’ve always been able to push good times without training and at my unfittest. If I work hard I can get sub 20’s, now I’ve gone past 30 it’s a lot harder but I’m hoping to do that again. My goal would be to beat my 10k PB of 41 minutes and try and get sub 40.

My mate, almost 50, can do a 5K in under 20 mins. Now that's freaky!

 

[Ricky Otto]

Im a natural freak when it comes to running. I’ve always been able to push good times without training and at my unfittest. If I work hard I can get sub 20’s, now I’ve gone past 30 it’s a lot harder but I’m hoping to do that again. My goal would be to beat my 10k PB of 41 minutes and try and get sub 40.

Haha I've gone a long way past 30, I'm 39 in September and I hate it everytime I run

 

[Ricey]

My mate, almost 50, can do a 5K in under 20 mins. Now that's freaky!

Thats insane!!

Haha I've gone a long way past 30, I'm 39 in September and I hate it everytime I run

I don’t really enjoy it either. It’s getting the motivation to get out there. Once I’m out I’m alright, I need something to aim for. Once they start up again I’ll probably sign up for some of the bigger running events.

 

[Ricky Otto]

My mate, almost 50, can do a 5K in under 20 mins. Now that's freaky!

I dislike him already

 

[MK Shrimper]

I dislike him already

Haha, he is a Shrimper so you can forgive him a bit.

 

[londonblue]

I'd love a time like that, I think I chucked in football about 4 years ago and haven't run since, Do a lot of gym work and kept in good shape so didn't realise how unfit I'd got. Since lockdown I've tried a run every week. Been 3k up until a couple of weeks ago and my 1st effort at 5k was 32 mins! All the guys I used to play footy with are posting times like yours, shamed me into trying to get fit again.

Small steps (if you'll pardon the pun). The first time I ever ran on a treadmill in a gym I decided to see how far I could get in a 30 mins, and that was with a gradient of 0. It was about 4.5k. On a good day i'm now running 5k in around 22 minutes with a gradient of 1*. It's taken a long time to get there though.

(*1 degree gradient on a running machine is approximately the same as running outdoors on the flat. I was skeptical about how accurate that was, but since I've been running outdoors my 10k times are pretty much on a par with my indoor times so it must be pretty accurate.)

BTW - I was 50 in February...

 

[londonblue]

I don’t really enjoy it either. It’s getting the motivation to get out there. Once I’m out I’m alright, I need something to aim for. Once they start up again I’ll probably sign up for some of the bigger running events.

I don't know if you're the same, but I actually enjoy it afterwards. I hate the thought of it, and really have to push myself out the door (actually I was supposed to be running now - but have decided to start at 11.30). I also hate the actual run, especially the route I take which is very dull and takes a lot of mental strength not to just give in. But, once I've finished I always think that it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, and then start thinking that I actually quite enjoyed it.

Who are those two old men on The Muppets?

 

[MK Shrimper]

I don't know if you're the same, but I actually enjoy it afterwards. I hate the thought of it, and really have to push myself out the door (actually I was supposed to be running now - but have decided to start at 11.30). I also hate the actual run, especially the route I take which is very dull and takes a lot of mental strength not to just give in. But, once I've finished I always think that it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, and then start thinking that I actually quite enjoyed it.

Who are those two old men on The Muppets?

Wiggy & Cricko? Statler & Waldorf.

 

[Ricey]

I don't know if you're the same, but I actually enjoy it afterwards. I hate the thought of it, and really have to push myself out the door (actually I was supposed to be running now - but have decided to start at 11.30). I also hate the actual run, especially the route I take which is very dull and takes a lot of mental strength not to just give in. But, once I've finished I always think that it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, and then start thinking that I actually quite enjoyed it.

Who are those two old men on The Muppets?

Statler and Waldorf.

Yeah it was a real struggle at 7am I nearly bottled it. Once I got out and running I started to feel better and then when I got home I was pleased I went out.

 

[tottenham541]

Just had a 16-1 winner on sky, pure fluke

 

[GNH]

Got off my fat arse and went for a run this morning. Haven’t been out for one in about 7 months. Still haven’t fully recovered from my cold but still managed a fairly decent 5k in 25 minutes.

This lockdown has forced me into running as my normal 3 x weekly 6 a side footy has been mothballed to zero.

Always hated running and was never any good at steady running, 30 years of playing football have tuned my body for short repetitive sprints rather than distance running. Also those years have played havoc with my achilles tendons so I get pains and cramps when running on hard surfaces.

Any how at almost 46 I feared that stopping football and not replacing it to keep my fitness up would make it very difficult to start again so running it is. 3 weeks in, I'm now doing 5k everyday and once or twice a week push that up to 8k something that I could never imagine doing before.

Went out this morning and timed my 5k through Grove Woods, my route takes me up two horrible long steep inclines to make it even worse!

Was pleasantly surprised to notch a time of 25:47 although it nearly finished me off. Not easy in the blustery wind either so I will try to beat the 25 minute barrier for my next challenge.

 

[londonblue]

Statler and Waldorf.

Yeah it was a real struggle at 7am I nearly bottled it. Once I got out and running I started to feel better and then when I got home I was pleased I went out.

That's exactly like me. I'm also please when I force myself to do something I didn't want to. It's good for your mental strength.

Mind you the only time I run early morning is in the middle of summer when it's too hot otherwise. I find it very difficult to run unless I've had a lot to drink first, and then given my stomach time to settle. That may be an age thing, but I really struggle otherwise. Although, again, maybe it's the thought of it rather than anything else.

BTW: I've just got back from my 10k. Last week I thought I was going fast and was 30 seconds slower than average. Today I thought I was slow (especially in the wind) and was about 60 seconds faster than average. Clearly I have no idea how to pace myself!