June 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

kgirlhart wrote: »

@_nikkiwolf_ OMG Running with an ice cream cone sounds awesome!

It was! I had to lick a bit of the overhanging stuff first, so that it wouldn't drip on my hands, but then I was good to go! Just holding it in my hand and every couple of steps take a lick. I got a few weird looks from people I passed, but I think they were just jealous

Drove out to WC Johnson yesterday morning for the first time since lockdown to run trails. I hadn’t been doing it primarily because of the bathroom situation, but after running for a few weeks with no potty breaks I finally felt I could do it, and it worked okay. The drive is about an hour, plus warmup, the run, plus cool down walk.

I’m sad now though. It was beautiful and reminded me of why I love running in the first place. And I can’t do it again. Getting out there as early as is legal, we passed 15 people, of whom 13 insisted on passing within 3 feet. Far more people than ever ran there before Covid. Only two people made any effort to distance, a cyclist who thanked us as he went by, and an old man who was swinging way out off trail whenever anyone passed. No masks. There were two women who went by chatting loudly and taking up the whole trail, swinging their arms and looking at us like we had no right to expect them to move aside. I think if we hadn’t gotten over they would have literally stomped over us. There isn’t room to get off the trail in many places, so unless both people passing cooperate, you are going to nearly touch.

Since we had over 300 new cases in our county yesterday, I cannot risk my health with these fools. If I should catch it, the current American numbers are 50% hospitalization rate and 20% death rate for someone with diabetes.

Memphis has passed an ordinance requiring masks in public places and businesses, but they are still optional outdoors. Although you have to carry one whether you wear it or not. I don’t really want to run in a mask, but I would be willing if others were required to. As is, no one will wear one, and they don’t really protect the wearer as much as they protect other people from the wearer, so there’s not much point.

So, back to running roads and our little secret park nearby.

In somewhat brighter news, I signed up for a virtual race on the Solstice. It has a medal and a virtual bib!

The Hal app works great for me because apparently I perform best when told exactly what to do by a stern master lol. I was always the teacher's pet. Funnily enough he has yet to scold me for going way faster than he told me to, which is strange. Guess all he cares about is distance...

bearly63 wrote: »

@eleanorhawkins Hal sounds like a slave driver! Glad I am not the only one in a love-hate relationship with their chosen exercise tools....I find myself regularly cursing out my Peloton Instructors.

Given how well I do with my plans, I think my coach is probably way too nice