I managed parkrun in sub-zero temperatures. The run itself was fine, cycling there was a bit difficult, my gloves were not good enough, but I was glad I tried.
I ended up setting off late and not being very consistent, and having an atrocious result, but I was mainly glad I kept it up.
A few weeks ago I decided I needed to start running 3x a week again if I was ever going to actually improve. It feels silly that I've been running regularly in different combinations for a very long time, but never having got close to how well I did after the first year, which at the time I'd thought of as a good achievement to reach, but barely sufficient.
I decided it was most realistic to run twice from home. One being parkrun as often as I can, which is helpfully social. And once from the gym where I can thoroughly sauna after. I had been trying to gym twice but it always ended up taking a lot more time.
I think the actual running in many ways I find easier when it's just me and a GPS, but I like having at least one running plus social thing just to help fit in a bit of both.
Fortunately my knees seem to have stayed fine with this plan. I've been trying to do a mix of doing 5k, doing short intervals, and doing something else (usually whichever it felt like I needed more of, but sometimes medium or long intervals. Or if both went well then intervals but more gently.)
I ended up setting off late and not being very consistent, and having an atrocious result, but I was mainly glad I kept it up.
A few weeks ago I decided I needed to start running 3x a week again if I was ever going to actually improve. It feels silly that I've been running regularly in different combinations for a very long time, but never having got close to how well I did after the first year, which at the time I'd thought of as a good achievement to reach, but barely sufficient.
I decided it was most realistic to run twice from home. One being parkrun as often as I can, which is helpfully social. And once from the gym where I can thoroughly sauna after. I had been trying to gym twice but it always ended up taking a lot more time.
I think the actual running in many ways I find easier when it's just me and a GPS, but I like having at least one running plus social thing just to help fit in a bit of both.
Fortunately my knees seem to have stayed fine with this plan. I've been trying to do a mix of doing 5k, doing short intervals, and doing something else (usually whichever it felt like I needed more of, but sometimes medium or long intervals. Or if both went well then intervals but more gently.)