steevc just finished a 13.23km run, that lasted for 83 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 995.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
As I mentioned before there was no local parkrun yesterday due to flooding. I know some of the regulars went elsewhere, but I did not run. This week marks 20 years of parkrun with millions of people doing it now.
On Friday night we went to see comedian [Ben Elton]( in Stevenage. Some will remember him being big in the 80s. He is a prolific writer who brought us The Young Ones and Blackadder as well as books, musicals and plays. He is getting on now, but is still a powerful performer who can raise laughs. He covered some serious topics in his show too.
Yesterday we were shifting all the stuff off the lawn that we had to move whilst having the new patio done. That included some spare slabs that were heavy so I got a work-out.
Today I was back to running. It had been raining overnight, but was drying up as I went out. I did my big loop around the villages and it was nice conditions really. I saw a few people heading to Letchworth for the Standalone 10k event. I opted not to do it this year as I am just not feeling that great about my running and need to work on it more. It is also the weekend of the local steam fair, so I saw people heading to that too.
I did the long track across the fields and there was an abandoned car in the middle of one. It was all smashed up, so I guess it was joy-riders. I am not sure how they even got there as it is a long way from the roads and there are gates.
This was my longest run in a while and not particularly quick. Strava has a new 'AI' feature that they call Athlete Intelligence that gives you a review of your activity. It said some positive things to try and motivate me. I can see from the statistics how well I really did. These are one of the main reasons I use Strava and pay for extra features. I like numbers and graphs.
I will do my usual mention of the Hive social platform for any Strava people reading this. It offers an alternative to the corporate blogging platforms and can reward you.
Run free!
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About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.
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