Morning Run: Winding up

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I just finished a 7.081km running that lasted about 0hh:39mm:14ss !

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Yesterday it got very windy here and is likely to get worse by tomorrow. Places further north in the UK are likely to get much higher winds than we do. I was out last night securing a few things around the garden, but there was no obvious damage today. It was not too cold, but the wind would add a chill factor. At least the wind had dropped a bit.

As the schools are off this week I ran out past Etonbury without the issue of crowds of kids. I had no real plan today, but I went out fairly quick. I need to get used to going fast. I had the wind against me on the way back, but it was not too bad.

After the underpass I decided to take the track by the allotments. This proved to be muddier than I had expected. I was in my road shoes that do not have much tread, so I was slipping about a bit. I tried wiping some of the mud off on some grass once I was back on tarmac. By then I was tiring and so slowed down a bit as I took the back ways home.

The average pace was significantly quicker than my average for this route despite the mud antics. I may not make it to parkrun on Saturday, but I will try to get out on Sunday. I just hope the current storms do not do too much damage.

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Nice job on your run. Sounds like you made the smart play by slowing down on the mud. That can be dangerous I bet if you are not wearing the right shoes. We ended up having a snow day today and my body is a dumpster fire right now so I skipped my workout and just headed in to work.

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I would have been quicker without the mud, but dealing with tricky terrain can give you a good workout as long as you avoid injury. I don't think we will see any real snow here this winter, but the wind is causing issues around the country.

!BEER

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Wind can be a real pain. Especially when it starts bringing down trees and stuff.

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Didn't a tree fall on your deck? Some friends had one fall on their conservatory, but nobody was hurt. Falling trees seems to be a main cause of deaths when it's windy.

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Yeah, it was a mess. It was a hard decision but we decided to have the rest of it cut down just to be safe.

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You seem to always love the challenge. Even though you won't take the route on Saturday, you you will attempt it on Sunday. Nice one

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I really appreciate your efforts in doing this

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Take care if you go out running tomorrow. There have been a lot of people hurt up this way from flying objects! Hats off to you for the continued running though, I can barely run a tap! 🤣

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I may not run until Sunday now anyway. I see the parkruns are warning there may be issues if trees come down.

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