David
@iowrunner.bsky.social
Mostly running. Some cycling and sea swimming.
Fuelled by coffee and plants.
Fuelled by coffee and plants.
After I got the family to drop me off near the AirBnB so I could get a little jog in. 12km in 2 hours still counts as jogging right? That’s 1500m elevation today, looking at Strava I’ve only broken 1000m in a week once in the last 3 months.
October 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
After I got the family to drop me off near the AirBnB so I could get a little jog in. 12km in 2 hours still counts as jogging right? That’s 1500m elevation today, looking at Strava I’ve only broken 1000m in a week once in the last 3 months.
Today was the only day with a decent weather forecast so started with me and the eldest walking up Elidir Fawr. Wanted to take her above 3000ft.
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today was the only day with a decent weather forecast so started with me and the eldest walking up Elidir Fawr. Wanted to take her above 3000ft.
Popped to Wales for a few days to escape the humdrum. Forsook running today for two walks with the eldest child. 10/10.
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Popped to Wales for a few days to escape the humdrum. Forsook running today for two walks with the eldest child. 10/10.
The extra storage did not offset the items from levelling up 16 levels in one go 😳
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The extra storage did not offset the items from levelling up 16 levels in one go 😳
When I’m ill is the only time I look at the stress section (can’t remember if it’s called that on Garmin?) and it’s usually a really good visual representation of when my body is fighting and when things are on the mend. Think it’s basically just a heart rate graph with colours.
September 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
When I’m ill is the only time I look at the stress section (can’t remember if it’s called that on Garmin?) and it’s usually a really good visual representation of when my body is fighting and when things are on the mend. Think it’s basically just a heart rate graph with colours.
All my metrics are back to normal today but I still have an impressive headache. And my house on a Saturday is not the place to be with a sound sensitive headache.
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
All my metrics are back to normal today but I still have an impressive headache. And my house on a Saturday is not the place to be with a sound sensitive headache.
Still not quite recovered. Once I know I’m ill I find heart rate a much more useful measure of recovery than HRV. Technically my HRV is back in range today but my RHR according to my watch is still ~10% raised.
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Still not quite recovered. Once I know I’m ill I find heart rate a much more useful measure of recovery than HRV. Technically my HRV is back in range today but my RHR according to my watch is still ~10% raised.
Just a reminder that an abnormality high HRV is just as much of a red flag as a very low one. Seems my body is trying very hard to beat this virus. Interestingly my overnight HRV is through the floor.
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Just a reminder that an abnormality high HRV is just as much of a red flag as a very low one. Seems my body is trying very hard to beat this virus. Interestingly my overnight HRV is through the floor.
Getting a taper cold when you’ve barely been able to train enough to warrant a taper seems grossly unfair.
September 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Getting a taper cold when you’ve barely been able to train enough to warrant a taper seems grossly unfair.
Tricky week, luckily started yeaterday with some new coffee all the way from Australia thanks to Drop Coffee.
And on a half day so got to reset with an hour of Alien Earth and then a very regulating 10 mile jog.
And on a half day so got to reset with an hour of Alien Earth and then a very regulating 10 mile jog.
September 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Tricky week, luckily started yeaterday with some new coffee all the way from Australia thanks to Drop Coffee.
And on a half day so got to reset with an hour of Alien Earth and then a very regulating 10 mile jog.
And on a half day so got to reset with an hour of Alien Earth and then a very regulating 10 mile jog.
We are now a dog family. Not sure how much dog content will go on here, let’s wait and see!
September 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We are now a dog family. Not sure how much dog content will go on here, let’s wait and see!
I know not everyone wants the same thing from a running shoe but this advert seems stupid. If your foot can’t feel the floor you will get injured.
September 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I know not everyone wants the same thing from a running shoe but this advert seems stupid. If your foot can’t feel the floor you will get injured.
And a seal at the beach. Don’t normally see them on the bottom of the island (seen one maybe 3 times this year oop north). Another terrible pic.
August 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And a seal at the beach. Don’t normally see them on the bottom of the island (seen one maybe 3 times this year oop north). Another terrible pic.
We’ve been camping near a known White Tailed Eagle hangout for two weeks. I’ve walked or run down to try and see one maybe ten times.
Today I got up before the sunrise to try once more before we leave tomorrow and success!
Pic taken through binos on max iPhone zoom.
Today I got up before the sunrise to try once more before we leave tomorrow and success!
Pic taken through binos on max iPhone zoom.
August 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
We’ve been camping near a known White Tailed Eagle hangout for two weeks. I’ve walked or run down to try and see one maybe ten times.
Today I got up before the sunrise to try once more before we leave tomorrow and success!
Pic taken through binos on max iPhone zoom.
Today I got up before the sunrise to try once more before we leave tomorrow and success!
Pic taken through binos on max iPhone zoom.
Asked my wife if she wanted a campfire and she said yes.
So I’ve lit a fire and sat next to it all evening. She’s fairly uninterested.
Did she just say yes because she knew it would keep me entertained all evening?!
So I’ve lit a fire and sat next to it all evening. She’s fairly uninterested.
Did she just say yes because she knew it would keep me entertained all evening?!
August 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Asked my wife if she wanted a campfire and she said yes.
So I’ve lit a fire and sat next to it all evening. She’s fairly uninterested.
Did she just say yes because she knew it would keep me entertained all evening?!
So I’ve lit a fire and sat next to it all evening. She’s fairly uninterested.
Did she just say yes because she knew it would keep me entertained all evening?!
In attempt to renew my coffee obsession I brought my scales and V60 to a field in Devon and spent a little bit more on the beans than normal.
Based on this cup I’d say it’s going well.
Based on this cup I’d say it’s going well.
July 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In attempt to renew my coffee obsession I brought my scales and V60 to a field in Devon and spent a little bit more on the beans than normal.
Based on this cup I’d say it’s going well.
Based on this cup I’d say it’s going well.
FFS England. This coffee is actually alright but it would be 100x better if it was in a much smaller cup.
July 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
FFS England. This coffee is actually alright but it would be 100x better if it was in a much smaller cup.
Local 10 mile race this morning. Forecast was overcast but I put sun cream on anyway.
July 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Local 10 mile race this morning. Forecast was overcast but I put sun cream on anyway.
Left as much of our lawn wild as we can and have a decent size ragwort plant growing. Today it is home to nearly 100 cinnabar moth caterpillars and at least one yellow striped Darwin wasp. One plant giving a potential start for 100 odd insects. Every little helps.
June 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Left as much of our lawn wild as we can and have a decent size ragwort plant growing. Today it is home to nearly 100 cinnabar moth caterpillars and at least one yellow striped Darwin wasp. One plant giving a potential start for 100 odd insects. Every little helps.
Not sure how the run will go, not done over 21km in ages and had the worst sleep last night. HRV fine though, suspect masked by the summer heat bounce but we’ll take it either way.
June 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Not sure how the run will go, not done over 21km in ages and had the worst sleep last night. HRV fine though, suspect masked by the summer heat bounce but we’ll take it either way.
Rare day off to myself so coffee on the beach followed by a long run of some sort. I’ve chosen where I’ll park the car, actual route will be ad hoc.
June 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Rare day off to myself so coffee on the beach followed by a long run of some sort. I’ve chosen where I’ll park the car, actual route will be ad hoc.
Took the scenic route bus choice. Very pleased I did, love this bit of coast. Will be running along that hill in the distance soon.
June 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Took the scenic route bus choice. Very pleased I did, love this bit of coast. Will be running along that hill in the distance soon.
Thought I could shrug this cold off with a good night’s sleep. Sadly we’ll never know if that’s true as I woke a lot and had a 5yo asking when it was morning constantly from 4am.
May 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Thought I could shrug this cold off with a good night’s sleep. Sadly we’ll never know if that’s true as I woke a lot and had a 5yo asking when it was morning constantly from 4am.
All done in 11:45 hours. Just over marathon distance. Lovely day out.
May 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
All done in 11:45 hours. Just over marathon distance. Lovely day out.