Chivito550 wrote: » Kind of annoying for me in that I would jump in the car and drive to remote hills and other spots (beach) and do my sessions there. There are no hills within 2km radius of where I live. Ironically, I'll now be running in a more crowded spot as the local park is now the only place to do a session.
druss wrote: » Yeah, but it's "-brief physical exercise within 2km of home". Open to interpretation, i suppose. My long run is for half marathon training, so it would be considered brief by someone doing ultra stuff. Right?
stockshares wrote: » There aren't going to be any marathons for a long time.
LaHaine wrote: » The brief part is tricky. Under an hour?
Stark wrote: » Question is, can you bring yourself to hit "Discard Activity" on your Garmin when you see the Gardaí coming your way
Murph_D wrote: » Can we not just observe the guidance rather than trying to beat it? If I can observe rules around bandit runs, bib transfer and racing with earphones, surely I can run within a 2k radius of home for two weeks.
Swashbuckler wrote: » Suck it up people. We're being asked to follow guidelines. Being allowed out atall is an absolute blessing given what's happening in other countries. Be thankful, find a 2k loop (which by the way could be a massive amount of ground depending on where you live) and stick to it for a few weeks. As for the whole walkers vs runners debate, we're in a time where we need to be all a bit more patient and respectful with eachother. Yes some people feel uncomfortable seeing a heavy breathing runner coming near them. If you're a runner you should make a point of keeping your distance. If that involves jumping onto long lumpy grass then so be it. If it means stopping for a second to let someone pass then do it. We can all do with maybe being a little kinder to each other in very stressful times.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Post of the week IMO.
TopOfTheHill wrote: » Found this tool this morning ... https://www.mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-tool.php Pick a point, draw the 2km circle and then you can see what roads are within the area. I am lucky to live in the countryside, so have a couple of loops within my local 2km circle that will give me 10km running. Its very rural, so I don't usually pass anyone when doing these in normal circumstances, so expect no contact this morning. I didn't pick up on the 'brief' part, but I guess that is relative. And as the name suggest - its now hilly training, whereas before it was nice flat runs along the beach.
stockshares wrote: » Your not meant to do 10km. Your allowed to do 2km. Obey the rules for everyone's benefit
TopOfTheHill wrote: » My understanding (and I think a lot more than me) was that stay within 2km of home ..
martin101 wrote: » You are right.
stockshares wrote: » It was meant in the spirit that everyone can get out and take in exercise within 2km of their home such as a walk or short run. It's not to allow a bunch of self absirbed selfish runners get their 10km in by running around local roads until they reach 10km. Remember everyone in your area can take 2km of exercise. There is a limited amount of room. Older people out for a walk don't want to have to deal with numerous unners hogging roads or paths and neither do youger ones for that matter.
andrew1977 wrote: » I live in the countryside, will run 2k one way from my house , run back , then run 2km the other way and back .That will give me 8k in total and not breaking any rules. That’s fine isn’t it ? I need to do a bit of exercise , running has helped my mental help massively since I took it up . Stay safe anyone
