Everyone is Mad.....

shels4ever

Yep I think its true, going on the Board for the last week everyone here is nutts. From screws in runners to cheese graters the snow has show your true colors....

So anyone got any mad plans to run tomorrow if this keeps up Looks like the park for me but not sure how to get then might need to borrow Skis from Robin

rainbow kirby

If Dublin Bus is running services tomorrow I'll be heading to the gym. Not gonna risk running around my area through the twin threats of ice and kids with snowballs.

racheljev

I'm going blinkin' dippy right now. It's too dark and dangerous in the mornings for me to go out at my usual time, so I can't get out - even getting down my driveway this morning was dodgy. Was living for tomorrow so the kids could go back to school and I could try and go for a run in daylight, but the schools are staying closed till Monday.I've been ordered (by my Dad, no less) to not even attempt the "screws in shoes" technique (I am a little accident prone so if someone is going to make a mess of it, it'll likely be me:rolleyes:) so I can't get out in the evening. I'm like a hamster on a wheel, running around the back garden. It has to stop soon, honestly!

gerard65

And the bad news is no letup in the cold for the next few days:mad:

Pisco Sour

racheljev wrote: »

I'm going blinkin' dippy right now. It's too dark and dangerous in the mornings for me to go out at my usual time, so I can't get out - even getting down my driveway this morning was dodgy. Was living for tomorrow so the kids could go back to school and I could try and go for a run in daylight, but the schools are staying closed till Monday.I've been ordered (by my Dad, no less) to not even attempt the "screws in shoes" technique (I am a little accident prone so if someone is going to make a mess of it, it'll likely be me:rolleyes:) so I can't get out in the evening. I'm like a hamster on a wheel, running around the back garden. It has to stop soon, honestly!

Threadmill. Its boring as you can get but use it to keep yourself ticking over until this bad spell passes.

Pisco Sour

shels4ever wrote: »

Yep I think its true, going on the Board for the last week everyone here is nutts. From screws in runners to cheese graters the snow has show your true colors....

I think the screws have gone loose in peoples heads by the sounds of things

Kidding

racheljev

04072511 wrote: »

Threadmill. Its boring as you can get but use it to keep yourself ticking over until this bad spell passes.

Wish I had one or access to one... No, it's the back garden for me...

cloneslad

I went out for a 7k run at about 3:45pm today, ran on the road from my house to my friends house and he drove me back in again. I did this road as I knew it was too dodgy to try some of the back roads in case i met a car going round a corner and scared them into trying to swerve and avoid me.

It was also to late for me to run back home too as it was getting too dark so I had arranged with my mate to drop me back home when I got to his place. I have to say I enjoyed the run.

kennyb3

best place to run is on the beach (if you have one near enough) i ll hit portmarnock beach the minute my flu is fully gone

OI

yed wanta see Wexford today, never seen anything like it. Saw a van slide sideways down summer hill only to be righted by hopping off a bus stop pole on the footpath. Cars sliding all over the place and wheels spinning on the compacted snow. Unreal. No chance of running, walking was difficult enough TBH.

TheRoadRunner

yep my auld fella thinks I've lost the plot. Phone conversation (3pm today ) went something like this.

Roadrunners daddy: Hey, can you leave work early, the snow is really bad.
Me: Yeah, just got a call to say it's bad. I'm going to run home.
Roadrunners daddy : What, are you mad have you seen how bad it is out there ? (conversation turns into a rant).
Me: Eh yeah ok I'll drive home (I don't mean it).

In the following 90 minutes I run home and avoid slipping or falling once.

5pm
Me: Hey Da, how's it going are you home yet ?
Roadrunners daddy: No (a lot of cursing) I haven't moved in 45 minutes and at this rate won't be back until 7. Are you home.
Me: Eh yeah I ran home and have had a shower.
Roadrunner's daddy: Ye mad jammy ba$tard.

Moral of story. We're all mad but sometimes there is method to the madness !

robinph

If only as a means to get me to a decent sized hill, I wish I had a vehicle with four wheels on it now, so that I could then slide down it on my skis. Of course it would also want to be four wheel drive and have a set of chains for the wheels to be of any real use. The one time I did cross country skiing it seemed like far too much effort, I wouldn't mind having a pair now though as they would be dead handy for getting about in this.

shels4ever

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

yep my auld fella thinks I've lost the plot. Phone conversation (3pm today ) went something like this.

Roadrunners daddy: Hey, can you leave work early, the snow is really bad.
Me: Yeah, just got a call to say it's bad. I'm going to run home.
Roadrunners daddy : What, are you mad have you seen how bad it is out there ? (conversation turns into a rant).
Me: Eh yeah ok I'll drive home (I don't mean it).

In the following 90 minutes I run home and avoid slipping or falling once.

5pm
Me: Hey Da, how's it going are you home yet ?
Roadrunners daddy: No (a lot of cursing) I haven't moved in 45 minutes and at this rate won't be back until 7. Are you home.
Me: Eh yeah I ran home and have had a shower.
Roadrunner's daddy: Ye mad jammy ba$tard.

Moral of story. We're all mad but sometimes there is method to the madness !

Yep the looks I was getting in work at lunch, have the office went home as it was snowing, I was coming back from a run wondering what was going on.

Slogger Jogger

Running on what is mainly ice is obviously a bit bonkers. I'll probably have snowy trails or fresh snowy roads tomorrow so if I run I'll probably wear these. Goretex keeps the wet out, decent cushioning and great grip :-

hunnymonster

robinph wrote: »

The one time I did cross country skiing it seemed like far too much effort,

We used to go after work when I lived near the Black Forest. it was far too much hard work and cold.


I'm not coping with the cold spell at all. I've fallen twice on the ice (lovely multicoloured skin to show for it), Car has broken down (pump exploded in the cold), Track is unusable from post flood freezing, gym is at the top of a vertical hill...... I want to hibernate until Cork marathon weekend. It's bound to be warm then.

mloc123

One great thing about running in the snow... my runners look new aqain, the ultimate shoe cleaner? :cool: