Ian
@iangungy.bsky.social
Cotswold runner, occasional bicyclist & full-time grandaddy.
I Like a good story.
I’m learning to row, albeit indoors, on a machine. There’s more technique to it than learning how to run so I’m not yet a rower. But I remember when I was not yet a runner.
I Like a good story.
I’m learning to row, albeit indoors, on a machine. There’s more technique to it than learning how to run so I’m not yet a rower. But I remember when I was not yet a runner.
What a difference a day makes
24 little hours
Brought the 🌞 and the 🌹🌹
Where there used to be ☔️
I oughtn’t to run 2 days running on my legs but what the heck.
Went off-piste at Westonbirt Arboretum though superb waymarked run routes there. Go at opening to avoid the crowds.
#ukrunchat #running
24 little hours
Brought the 🌞 and the 🌹🌹
Where there used to be ☔️
I oughtn’t to run 2 days running on my legs but what the heck.
Went off-piste at Westonbirt Arboretum though superb waymarked run routes there. Go at opening to avoid the crowds.
#ukrunchat #running
April 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What a difference a day makes
24 little hours
Brought the 🌞 and the 🌹🌹
Where there used to be ☔️
I oughtn’t to run 2 days running on my legs but what the heck.
Went off-piste at Westonbirt Arboretum though superb waymarked run routes there. Go at opening to avoid the crowds.
#ukrunchat #running
24 little hours
Brought the 🌞 and the 🌹🌹
Where there used to be ☔️
I oughtn’t to run 2 days running on my legs but what the heck.
Went off-piste at Westonbirt Arboretum though superb waymarked run routes there. Go at opening to avoid the crowds.
#ukrunchat #running
Drip,drip,drop,little April showers…ha,ha, ya missed me! But twas close. 😜
Accompanied by @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast: what is Kemi Badenoch selling us? 🤷♂️
…followed by a bit of Jazz.
Nice.
Couple of e-bikers kept ahead; good on hills, not so quick on the levels. 🤷
#running #ukrunchat
Accompanied by @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast: what is Kemi Badenoch selling us? 🤷♂️
…followed by a bit of Jazz.
Nice.
Couple of e-bikers kept ahead; good on hills, not so quick on the levels. 🤷
#running #ukrunchat
April 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Drip,drip,drop,little April showers…ha,ha, ya missed me! But twas close. 😜
Accompanied by @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast: what is Kemi Badenoch selling us? 🤷♂️
…followed by a bit of Jazz.
Nice.
Couple of e-bikers kept ahead; good on hills, not so quick on the levels. 🤷
#running #ukrunchat
Accompanied by @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast: what is Kemi Badenoch selling us? 🤷♂️
…followed by a bit of Jazz.
Nice.
Couple of e-bikers kept ahead; good on hills, not so quick on the levels. 🤷
#running #ukrunchat
4th time #ergdata hasn’t saved my 30 mins #rowalong data.
After I finish, I go to the menu & select “exit & save” but it takes me right back to the workouts menu; no save; nothing new in the logbook.
Wondering if #exr is a worthy alternative; the thing being it wants payments. 🤨
#indoorrowing
After I finish, I go to the menu & select “exit & save” but it takes me right back to the workouts menu; no save; nothing new in the logbook.
Wondering if #exr is a worthy alternative; the thing being it wants payments. 🤨
#indoorrowing
April 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
4th time #ergdata hasn’t saved my 30 mins #rowalong data.
After I finish, I go to the menu & select “exit & save” but it takes me right back to the workouts menu; no save; nothing new in the logbook.
Wondering if #exr is a worthy alternative; the thing being it wants payments. 🤨
#indoorrowing
After I finish, I go to the menu & select “exit & save” but it takes me right back to the workouts menu; no save; nothing new in the logbook.
Wondering if #exr is a worthy alternative; the thing being it wants payments. 🤨
#indoorrowing
My latest favourite route which I describe as “mixed terrain”, it goes: road; trail; field; road; trail; field; woods; trail; road; field; & road. To say nothing of the hills! Trail shoes for this one.
Regained 1 of the 2 VO2max points lost through my Garmin HR monitor error 2 runs ago. 👍
#running
Regained 1 of the 2 VO2max points lost through my Garmin HR monitor error 2 runs ago. 👍
#running
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My latest favourite route which I describe as “mixed terrain”, it goes: road; trail; field; road; trail; field; woods; trail; road; field; & road. To say nothing of the hills! Trail shoes for this one.
Regained 1 of the 2 VO2max points lost through my Garmin HR monitor error 2 runs ago. 👍
#running
Regained 1 of the 2 VO2max points lost through my Garmin HR monitor error 2 runs ago. 👍
#running
Here’s an odd little thing I just remembered from when I started #running.
Hydration/dehydration: I wanted to see how much water I lost on a run. Just roughly.
I got into my kit & went on the bathroom scales, noted the weight.
Then I did an easy 10k.
Weighed myself after.
I was 900g lighter. 😜
Hydration/dehydration: I wanted to see how much water I lost on a run. Just roughly.
I got into my kit & went on the bathroom scales, noted the weight.
Then I did an easy 10k.
Weighed myself after.
I was 900g lighter. 😜
April 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here’s an odd little thing I just remembered from when I started #running.
Hydration/dehydration: I wanted to see how much water I lost on a run. Just roughly.
I got into my kit & went on the bathroom scales, noted the weight.
Then I did an easy 10k.
Weighed myself after.
I was 900g lighter. 😜
Hydration/dehydration: I wanted to see how much water I lost on a run. Just roughly.
I got into my kit & went on the bathroom scales, noted the weight.
Then I did an easy 10k.
Weighed myself after.
I was 900g lighter. 😜
#Garmin optic HRM seemed to behave itself today; no “cadence lock”, all pulse relative.
I don’t know about others but on #Strava I’m keen to see my 400m time in “Segments: Best Efforts”. I like to go full out at the finish, even on easy runs.
It’s allowed, coach says so. 😏
#running #ukrunchat
I don’t know about others but on #Strava I’m keen to see my 400m time in “Segments: Best Efforts”. I like to go full out at the finish, even on easy runs.
It’s allowed, coach says so. 😏
#running #ukrunchat
April 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#Garmin optic HRM seemed to behave itself today; no “cadence lock”, all pulse relative.
I don’t know about others but on #Strava I’m keen to see my 400m time in “Segments: Best Efforts”. I like to go full out at the finish, even on easy runs.
It’s allowed, coach says so. 😏
#running #ukrunchat
I don’t know about others but on #Strava I’m keen to see my 400m time in “Segments: Best Efforts”. I like to go full out at the finish, even on easy runs.
It’s allowed, coach says so. 😏
#running #ukrunchat
A tense moment as I completed my 7k real-time rowalong on #ergdata & reached for the “save & exit loop”. Would it fail to do that for the 3rd time?
It saved & it was a good to see the drop out & spinning wheel.
Saw a lag on visuals vs data - understandable - but it’s fun rowing this way. #concept2
It saved & it was a good to see the drop out & spinning wheel.
Saw a lag on visuals vs data - understandable - but it’s fun rowing this way. #concept2
April 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Every so often my #Garmin jumps the shark. From the off it put me quickly into zone5, ridiculous as wasn’t feeling it at all. It went up to 5.9; so where’s it gonna go next? There isn’t a zone 6 😜
Stopped, took my pulse = 120ish.
Days like this, I think they’re just expensive toys. 🤨
#running
Stopped, took my pulse = 120ish.
Days like this, I think they’re just expensive toys. 🤨
#running
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#ergdata again not saving after exiting the #concept2 rowalong workout. Sheesh! 🙄
Deleted & reinstalled the app to see if it makes a difference - though I had the latest version at the time.
“if it ain’t on #Strava, it didn’t happen.”
Yes but at least the body knows it did.
#indoorrowing
Deleted & reinstalled the app to see if it makes a difference - though I had the latest version at the time.
“if it ain’t on #Strava, it didn’t happen.”
Yes but at least the body knows it did.
#indoorrowing
April 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#ergdata again not saving after exiting the #concept2 rowalong workout. Sheesh! 🙄
Deleted & reinstalled the app to see if it makes a difference - though I had the latest version at the time.
“if it ain’t on #Strava, it didn’t happen.”
Yes but at least the body knows it did.
#indoorrowing
Deleted & reinstalled the app to see if it makes a difference - though I had the latest version at the time.
“if it ain’t on #Strava, it didn’t happen.”
Yes but at least the body knows it did.
#indoorrowing
That’s twice this month the #ergdata app ditched me on completion of my “real-time rowalong”!
Is it me?
I finished rowing after a decent 30ish minutes, pulled down the short menu & selected exit & save - just showed me the workouts home page again, no save! 😠
#concept2 #rowerg
Is it me?
I finished rowing after a decent 30ish minutes, pulled down the short menu & selected exit & save - just showed me the workouts home page again, no save! 😠
#concept2 #rowerg
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What we talk about when we talk about #running:
Grandson, 9yo, visited with football. To the park! I don’t play footie but consistent running meant I chased the ball around no probs!
Old run shoes are painful for footie. Ouch!
Right quad now feels like it’s been hit by a sledgehammer!
#ukrunchat
Grandson, 9yo, visited with football. To the park! I don’t play footie but consistent running meant I chased the ball around no probs!
Old run shoes are painful for footie. Ouch!
Right quad now feels like it’s been hit by a sledgehammer!
#ukrunchat
March 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What we talk about when we talk about #running:
Grandson, 9yo, visited with football. To the park! I don’t play footie but consistent running meant I chased the ball around no probs!
Old run shoes are painful for footie. Ouch!
Right quad now feels like it’s been hit by a sledgehammer!
#ukrunchat
Grandson, 9yo, visited with football. To the park! I don’t play footie but consistent running meant I chased the ball around no probs!
Old run shoes are painful for footie. Ouch!
Right quad now feels like it’s been hit by a sledgehammer!
#ukrunchat
From indoors, it looks a brilliant day! And it is apart from a chill wind. Had the foresight to nip back for a hoodie.
That wind for the last 2k was a headwind, like pushing through treacle. Don’t mind any hills but spare me the headwind!
VO2max estimate picked up a bit. Nice.
#running #ukrunchat
That wind for the last 2k was a headwind, like pushing through treacle. Don’t mind any hills but spare me the headwind!
VO2max estimate picked up a bit. Nice.
#running #ukrunchat
March 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
From indoors, it looks a brilliant day! And it is apart from a chill wind. Had the foresight to nip back for a hoodie.
That wind for the last 2k was a headwind, like pushing through treacle. Don’t mind any hills but spare me the headwind!
VO2max estimate picked up a bit. Nice.
#running #ukrunchat
That wind for the last 2k was a headwind, like pushing through treacle. Don’t mind any hills but spare me the headwind!
VO2max estimate picked up a bit. Nice.
#running #ukrunchat
This went better than expected:
I swear 93% of niggles come
from non-running events; like digging holes, moving furniture or getting things from the loft.
The knee was complaining about something but after 250m it went quiet. “Listen to your body!” - OK but I could use an interpreter. 🤔
#running
I swear 93% of niggles come
from non-running events; like digging holes, moving furniture or getting things from the loft.
The knee was complaining about something but after 250m it went quiet. “Listen to your body!” - OK but I could use an interpreter. 🤔
#running
March 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This went better than expected:
I swear 93% of niggles come
from non-running events; like digging holes, moving furniture or getting things from the loft.
The knee was complaining about something but after 250m it went quiet. “Listen to your body!” - OK but I could use an interpreter. 🤔
#running
I swear 93% of niggles come
from non-running events; like digging holes, moving furniture or getting things from the loft.
The knee was complaining about something but after 250m it went quiet. “Listen to your body!” - OK but I could use an interpreter. 🤔
#running
I knew it was coming but it still took me by surprise: forecast said 16°C; car dash said 21°C.
It’ll help when our clocks spring forwards 1 hour from solar-time, then I’ll be running earlier 🤔
Well, maybe get up earlier, eat earlier & to bed earlier.
Yeah, won’t happen. 😜
#ukrunchat #running
It’ll help when our clocks spring forwards 1 hour from solar-time, then I’ll be running earlier 🤔
Well, maybe get up earlier, eat earlier & to bed earlier.
Yeah, won’t happen. 😜
#ukrunchat #running
March 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I knew it was coming but it still took me by surprise: forecast said 16°C; car dash said 21°C.
It’ll help when our clocks spring forwards 1 hour from solar-time, then I’ll be running earlier 🤔
Well, maybe get up earlier, eat earlier & to bed earlier.
Yeah, won’t happen. 😜
#ukrunchat #running
It’ll help when our clocks spring forwards 1 hour from solar-time, then I’ll be running earlier 🤔
Well, maybe get up earlier, eat earlier & to bed earlier.
Yeah, won’t happen. 😜
#ukrunchat #running
I think I must be some kind of social media numpty. Someone explain tags to me.
How does the post below fall under #running ?
Yes, I’ve worked out it’s likely to do with bm100, but what is making that connection?
How does the post below fall under #running ?
Yes, I’ve worked out it’s likely to do with bm100, but what is making that connection?
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I think I must be some kind of social media numpty. Someone explain tags to me.
How does the post below fall under #running ?
Yes, I’ve worked out it’s likely to do with bm100, but what is making that connection?
How does the post below fall under #running ?
Yes, I’ve worked out it’s likely to do with bm100, but what is making that connection?
Hard to believe last week we were sat in a pub garden at lunchtime drinking chilled cider.
A chilly run today with a biting wind where there was no hedgerow to shield the road from the open fields. Thankful for tights & gloves again.
Thursday looks more promising though 🌞
#running #ukrunchat
A chilly run today with a biting wind where there was no hedgerow to shield the road from the open fields. Thankful for tights & gloves again.
Thursday looks more promising though 🌞
#running #ukrunchat
March 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hard to believe last week we were sat in a pub garden at lunchtime drinking chilled cider.
A chilly run today with a biting wind where there was no hedgerow to shield the road from the open fields. Thankful for tights & gloves again.
Thursday looks more promising though 🌞
#running #ukrunchat
A chilly run today with a biting wind where there was no hedgerow to shield the road from the open fields. Thankful for tights & gloves again.
Thursday looks more promising though 🌞
#running #ukrunchat
We should play around with the machine; no one-size-fits-all.
But for me, I find what worked for a consistent #Zone2 for >30mins:
Drag factor: 130
Stroke rate: 29
Pace: 2:20/500m
if HR rises, correct my form - legs>hips>arms>
arms>hips>legs.
Reach for the “catch”.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
But for me, I find what worked for a consistent #Zone2 for >30mins:
Drag factor: 130
Stroke rate: 29
Pace: 2:20/500m
if HR rises, correct my form - legs>hips>arms>
arms>hips>legs.
Reach for the “catch”.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
March 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We should play around with the machine; no one-size-fits-all.
But for me, I find what worked for a consistent #Zone2 for >30mins:
Drag factor: 130
Stroke rate: 29
Pace: 2:20/500m
if HR rises, correct my form - legs>hips>arms>
arms>hips>legs.
Reach for the “catch”.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
But for me, I find what worked for a consistent #Zone2 for >30mins:
Drag factor: 130
Stroke rate: 29
Pace: 2:20/500m
if HR rises, correct my form - legs>hips>arms>
arms>hips>legs.
Reach for the “catch”.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
Went to the gym following a pub Sunday roast.
I don’t know if it was the fuel, the different time of day or that I rowed deliberately at a lesser stroke rate but I found it easier to keep HR all in Zone 2 for >30 mins, unlike previous fails.
Distance was the same.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
I don’t know if it was the fuel, the different time of day or that I rowed deliberately at a lesser stroke rate but I found it easier to keep HR all in Zone 2 for >30 mins, unlike previous fails.
Distance was the same.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
March 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Went to the gym following a pub Sunday roast.
I don’t know if it was the fuel, the different time of day or that I rowed deliberately at a lesser stroke rate but I found it easier to keep HR all in Zone 2 for >30 mins, unlike previous fails.
Distance was the same.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
I don’t know if it was the fuel, the different time of day or that I rowed deliberately at a lesser stroke rate but I found it easier to keep HR all in Zone 2 for >30 mins, unlike previous fails.
Distance was the same.
#rowerg #indoorrowing #concept2
I enjoy almost everything about running, but I don’t really follow it much as a sport.
Didn’t know about this Masters (previously Veterans) Athletics Games business. Assuming it’s not like an ordinary organised event, how do you enter or get selected?
(asking for a friend) 😏
#running
Didn’t know about this Masters (previously Veterans) Athletics Games business. Assuming it’s not like an ordinary organised event, how do you enter or get selected?
(asking for a friend) 😏
#running
🌐 'I'm a 10k world champion after I took up running🎽 in retirement'
#Retirement #Running
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2erpj3p7vmo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D
'I'm a 10k world champion after I took up running🎽 in retirement'
Dot Kesterton says she will 'run forever' after rediscovering the sport 40 years since she quit.
www.bbc.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I enjoy almost everything about running, but I don’t really follow it much as a sport.
Didn’t know about this Masters (previously Veterans) Athletics Games business. Assuming it’s not like an ordinary organised event, how do you enter or get selected?
(asking for a friend) 😏
#running
Didn’t know about this Masters (previously Veterans) Athletics Games business. Assuming it’s not like an ordinary organised event, how do you enter or get selected?
(asking for a friend) 😏
#running
A resistance workout & #zone2 #indoorrowing this morning. I fear I’m picking up a cold with all the fluctuating change in our weather (UK), so I drifted above zone 2 a bit - fatigue.
The rowalong visual is basic but I notice rowers pull alongside & then row away. Friendly!
Or provocative?
#rowerg
The rowalong visual is basic but I notice rowers pull alongside & then row away. Friendly!
Or provocative?
#rowerg
March 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A resistance workout & #zone2 #indoorrowing this morning. I fear I’m picking up a cold with all the fluctuating change in our weather (UK), so I drifted above zone 2 a bit - fatigue.
The rowalong visual is basic but I notice rowers pull alongside & then row away. Friendly!
Or provocative?
#rowerg
The rowalong visual is basic but I notice rowers pull alongside & then row away. Friendly!
Or provocative?
#rowerg
Picked up a Local Legend thingy on this one; just means I need a new route. 😝
Had a busy day yesterday - strength work, indoor rowing & a dog walk to the pub - & so the HR was high too though I could still talk whole sentences.
Still, no drop in the VO2max estimate so we keep moving on.
#running
Had a busy day yesterday - strength work, indoor rowing & a dog walk to the pub - & so the HR was high too though I could still talk whole sentences.
Still, no drop in the VO2max estimate so we keep moving on.
#running
March 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Picked up a Local Legend thingy on this one; just means I need a new route. 😝
Had a busy day yesterday - strength work, indoor rowing & a dog walk to the pub - & so the HR was high too though I could still talk whole sentences.
Still, no drop in the VO2max estimate so we keep moving on.
#running
Had a busy day yesterday - strength work, indoor rowing & a dog walk to the pub - & so the HR was high too though I could still talk whole sentences.
Still, no drop in the VO2max estimate so we keep moving on.
#running
Passed 2 unknown runners today. 👍
In the suburbs, I’d get blanked by most runners but now out in the sticks, it’s more unusual so we grin & say hi! 😁
But I want to do more, stop & chat, ask them where they’ve run from, are they on Strava & can I see their routes?
But I just say Hi! 😄
#running
In the suburbs, I’d get blanked by most runners but now out in the sticks, it’s more unusual so we grin & say hi! 😁
But I want to do more, stop & chat, ask them where they’ve run from, are they on Strava & can I see their routes?
But I just say Hi! 😄
#running
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Passed 2 unknown runners today. 👍
In the suburbs, I’d get blanked by most runners but now out in the sticks, it’s more unusual so we grin & say hi! 😁
But I want to do more, stop & chat, ask them where they’ve run from, are they on Strava & can I see their routes?
But I just say Hi! 😄
#running
In the suburbs, I’d get blanked by most runners but now out in the sticks, it’s more unusual so we grin & say hi! 😁
But I want to do more, stop & chat, ask them where they’ve run from, are they on Strava & can I see their routes?
But I just say Hi! 😄
#running
I can’t find where now but someone had asked us for good strength building exercises routines for runners.
Maybe I meant to post my bit but was distracted - it happens.
Anyhoo, this showed up on the Faceplace & it’s more or less what I did or do.
#running
www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/...
Maybe I meant to post my bit but was distracted - it happens.
Anyhoo, this showed up on the Faceplace & it’s more or less what I did or do.
#running
www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/...
Runners! These are the only 7 strength moves you actually need
Stick to the basics with these science-backed strength exercises recommended by one of the UK’s top running-specific S&C coaches
www.runnersworld.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I can’t find where now but someone had asked us for good strength building exercises routines for runners.
Maybe I meant to post my bit but was distracted - it happens.
Anyhoo, this showed up on the Faceplace & it’s more or less what I did or do.
#running
www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/...
Maybe I meant to post my bit but was distracted - it happens.
Anyhoo, this showed up on the Faceplace & it’s more or less what I did or do.
#running
www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/...
Side effects of #running.
Saw today, the term “training bradycardia”.
Two years ago was in A&E. Triage nurse taking BP asks if I’m “spotty”.
“I don’t think I am, should I look?”
Oh, sporty! 😂
Later Nurse 2: How long have I been braddy?
Me: 😳
She turns to Nurse 3: he doesn’t know “braddy”.
Saw today, the term “training bradycardia”.
Two years ago was in A&E. Triage nurse taking BP asks if I’m “spotty”.
“I don’t think I am, should I look?”
Oh, sporty! 😂
Later Nurse 2: How long have I been braddy?
Me: 😳
She turns to Nurse 3: he doesn’t know “braddy”.
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Side effects of #running.
Saw today, the term “training bradycardia”.
Two years ago was in A&E. Triage nurse taking BP asks if I’m “spotty”.
“I don’t think I am, should I look?”
Oh, sporty! 😂
Later Nurse 2: How long have I been braddy?
Me: 😳
She turns to Nurse 3: he doesn’t know “braddy”.
Saw today, the term “training bradycardia”.
Two years ago was in A&E. Triage nurse taking BP asks if I’m “spotty”.
“I don’t think I am, should I look?”
Oh, sporty! 😂
Later Nurse 2: How long have I been braddy?
Me: 😳
She turns to Nurse 3: he doesn’t know “braddy”.
A good day for a run though a bit mucky across the fields. 6°C, feels like 5°C according to the BBC; but for runners, may feel warmer 😝 .
Unusually busy down the narrow lanes - I mean >6 cars! I step off for cars passing behind but those coming towards can stop! They never do.
#running #ukrunchat
Unusually busy down the narrow lanes - I mean >6 cars! I step off for cars passing behind but those coming towards can stop! They never do.
#running #ukrunchat
February 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A good day for a run though a bit mucky across the fields. 6°C, feels like 5°C according to the BBC; but for runners, may feel warmer 😝 .
Unusually busy down the narrow lanes - I mean >6 cars! I step off for cars passing behind but those coming towards can stop! They never do.
#running #ukrunchat
Unusually busy down the narrow lanes - I mean >6 cars! I step off for cars passing behind but those coming towards can stop! They never do.
#running #ukrunchat