Morning Run: Oh I do like to freeze beside the seaside
steevc just finished a 9.02km run, that lasted for 55 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 668.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
I am back in Portsmouth again as the UK freezes. It may have been slightly below zero as I headed out early from the hotel. It was certainly very frosty and slippery in places. I wanted to run along the coast path, but a lot of it is fenced off for work on the sea defences. I had to turn back on some paths that were blocked. I saw a few other runners out there.
I saw some brave souls getting in the sea for a dip. I assume that they had wetsuits and did not stay in long, but I was not hanging around to check. Wild and cold water swimming are big things these days.
I went on past the pier as far as the Tenth Hole cafe where we had breakfast on a previous visit. I came back alone back streets that were a little less frosty. There are some impressive houses around there. Some are massive and a sign of how wealthy the place was. It is still a big navy port, but would have had a lot of benefit from trade too.
I went past the Southsea shops and managed to do a loop there. That was not intentional as I was just wandering with no real plan. I ended up going a little further than I initially expected, but then I missed parkrun as I was out on Friday night at a party and needed to be ready to go away the next morning.
The run certainly woke me up. I had a warm shower and then a big hotel breakfast that I felt I had earned.
Run free!
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Yowser good effort - I see swimmers around in Ramsgate in their big old towley duffle coats.
It really doesn't appeal to me. Maybe the initial chill gives them a buzz, but hypothermia won't be fun if you stay in too long. I prefer my running. At least that warms me up.
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My missus does the wild swimming thing in a nearby loch. It's all wetsuits, hands warmers and onesies for getting out right enough.
I do like a frozen beach oddly enough!
Someone said they should only stay in one minute for each degree the water is above freezing. I see some ladies swim in the river near use even when it's frosty. I think it's partly to confirm you are actually alive rather than just slobbing around.
I think they do something like that. No more than ten minutes. I think they are insane and she has gotten in with a bad crowd 😀
Brrrrr... I'm feeling a bit chilly just sitting at home reading this. Think I'm just gonna stay in today
We got some snow last night. I tried getting a train to work, but they were messed up. Not sure I'll run tomorrow if it's still like this. It is slippery in places.