Morning Run: Thawed

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steevc just finished a 7.31km run, that lasted for 42 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 519.0 calories.

Description from Strava:
It is a good thing I did not want to run yesterday as there was some nasty black ice. I walked to the station and it felt really slippery. It rained a bit last night and was above freezing today. There were still a few bits of ice around, but they were easily avoided. Strava says 'feels like -3C', but I did not think it felt that cold.

I did a fartlek run out to Stotfold. I managed to get out before the kids were going to school, but then it was still a little dark. I did as many sprints as I felt I could. The pace on some of those was quite good, but I struggle to do that for long.

Just after I turned back I went to the outdoor gym for a few arm exercises. I am struggling with my press-ups lately, but hope to improve with daily reps as well as some other exercises.

I did more sprints on the way back and was even quicker on some of those. As usual I took the long way around. I was going to take the the path around the back of Chase Hill, but forgot it would be closed due to some tree work.

I checked on the chickens when I got back. One of them has issues getting out of the coop, so I lift her out. We had a while with no eggs, but have had a few in the last week. The girls are a few years old and they tend to lay less as they get older.

I listened to podcasts about biology and drumming today.

Have a great day.

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About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.

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You're smashing your training at the moment and getting stronger every day.
From the month of August 2022, the Strava2Hive leader board will be determined by "calories burned"!

This Weeks Leader Board(Top 5):

  1. @pinkhub - 4831.3 Calories Burned
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  4. @dannewton - 2474.0 Calories Burned
  5. @maccazftw - 1540.0 Calories Burned
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So beautiful to see that running is a lifestyle for you..

I thought you only ran, I didn't know you usually go to the gym.

Keep it up, Steeve.

we need more health oriented people around

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I don't have a gym membership, but this equipment is free to use in a local park. Some years ago I might not have seen myself becoming a runner, but it happened anyway. We have lots of people sharing activities on Hive and I hope that inspires others to do something.

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Stay well.

!BEER

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Has the price of eggs gone up over there like it has over here? I was telling someone the other day I bet the people with their own chickens are cleaning up right now. I guess unless you have something already established the difference is pretty negligible. According to a news story I saw anyway. They were telling people not to go rushing out to buy chickens just to try and save some money because they likely won't in the end.

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I tend not to check the prices of things, but I think a lot are up. Chicken food is probably up too, but given how few eggs we get each is probably relatively expensive. Only getting about one per day from the 4 hens. You can give them scraps, but they need more than that really.

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Yeah, I would imagine. I think eggs were around $5 a dozen where I live last time my wife bought them. Not horrible, but you used to be able to get them for closer to $1. Something with the bird flu I guess...

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There has been bird flu here too and so we're supposed to keep them in their run. I put netting over it to keep wild birds out, but I doubt anyone would check on that. I never really expected to save money from having my own chickens, but it's nice to know where you food came from.

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I can respect that!

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It sounds like you've had a good morning thus far. I've not been out yet today, it's next on my list, but I am a walker and rambler, not really a runner. Luckily our Winter has been rather 'nice' in New England terms and with the heavy southern gale last night and rain today we have rain and 50F (10 C) so my walk should be good. I do love a snow walk, tho, the sound of the crunch of morning snow underfoot often lures me out there.

My gals are getting a bit older as well, but this year I'll add new babies to their flock (not always easy but needed) Maybe your gals need some new blood in their coop to stir up their lives haha. @steevc

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We've had mixed weather this winter. I don't crunching over snow, but it's a fine line between that and sheet ice :)

We will have to see if we get more hens. There is a plan to move their run this year, so will have to see how they take that. They are not much trouble to look after.

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Looks pretty good. Is Strava like Actufit? I use Actufit sometimes to post my step count to an alt account, but only sometimes because I really don't like the app interface, nor do I like that I can't save a draft to finish typing on my PC.

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Strava is a commercial app that is much more than Actifit. It gives you loads of stats on each activity and that is useful to me. The @strava2hive dapp picks up your posts from there to create a Hive post. It's just convenient as it pulls images in for you. It can give your post a small boost, but does not have its own token. It's the sort of thing that could get more people using Hive.

I used Actifit a bit ages ago, but it's too limited for my needs and I would not do those sort of posts every day anyway.

!BEER

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Oh I see. Thanks for the info. I just downloaded the app and I will start exploring it.

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This sounds like you were really determined. Good thing you were careful around the slippery areas.
Well done.

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