For more than 30 years I’ve had prescription sunglasses (many pair, bought through my eye are insurance plan… though with significant copay for uv coating etc). Also some sunglass clip-ons. I need them to drive, in Colorado used year round. Often for running I wear older/weaker ones, which makes it easier to read the cellphone for mapmyrun and podcasts.
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I just bought clip-ons recently. I’m trying to get used to wearing sun glasses, my husband wears them when he drives.
I have prescription sunglasses, but bought something like this many years ago in a Walgreen’s: https://www.amazon.com/Wear-Over-Glasses-Sunglasses-Prescription/dp/B07X6L6XZR?th=1
I keep it in my car and it’s great - no need to switch back and forth between regular and sunglasses, and it works great on bright hazy days or partly cloudy where I’m switching between sun and shade.
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I had prescription sunglasses. I got them with a buy one get one free deal. But I lost them somewhere. I wear glasses so seldom though, I havey bothered to replace them. Should I ever be wearing glasses, I just out my regular ones over top. I am obviously not a fashion statement.
But something weird. Since I’ve been an adult, I HAVE had to wear sunglasses if I am outside. Even on rainy days. My eyes are too sensitive, until the last few years. Now, when I drive I notice that I often take them off for long periods of time. It’s very strange.
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i LOVE my RX sunglasses. They were a splurge for me in 2020 when we needed to spend down the FSA.
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Can’t remember if it was the first of the season but was able to run this morning in tshirt and shorts and be plenty warm! So pleasant.
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I had to choose between prescription sunglasses and sports googles-- I went with googles. I do have the transition lenses which work for me.
Last night’s soccer was killer-- because of school spring break we played 5v5 which was a ton of running.
Just sent in payment for our 16 day hiking trip in England this summer
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Tell us more about the hiking trip. Sounds fun!
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I’m planning a hiking trip in England for my husband too, but not this year, it’ll probably next year.
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The trip is the Coast to Coast Walk. 192 miles from St. Bees on the Irish Sea to Robin Hood Bay on the North Sea. As I said, we are doing 16 days and taking a rest day part way across. We have 3 days of less than 10 miles (2 of which involve significant hill climbing) and 3 of 16.
We started planning this in 2019, skipped 2020 because of my daughter’s wedding and had to postpone in 2021 because of COVID.
We are doing it the “easy” way-- staying in hotels/B&Bs each night and using baggage transfer company so we only carry a daypack each day.
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That sounds marvelous, though too strenuous for dh. He is working on his eating, but he is not an exerciser.
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I’m not a hiker, so a day trip is all I can handle, but we’re planning to hike near the Lake District, but a town we have not been before.
That sounds fabulous @jmnva06 !
Very cool I hope you can provide some pics or stories or updates at some point!!!
Was planning to run today but we are watching grand dog so I took him for a walk around the neighborhood and then H and I drove to a lake about 2 miles away and walked him there. About 4 miles total but it was cold, windy and damp.
It occurred to me that just a few years ago, before I got into a habit of being active every day I would not have done this. I would have taken the pup out briefly, as needed and stayed in. My mindset has changed a lot.
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Coast to coast, just like Forrest Gump. 
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I will share some pictures/updates. There are definitely days where connectivity is minimal so I can’t promise regular updates.
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Loaded and dumped 3 (SUV) loads of stuff to a dumpster on our street for the day. Then did a 28 mile bike ride. Good day!
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Good day yesterday-- 90 minutes of small sided soccer in the AM and then a ton of walking going to soccer game. Ended the day with 20K of steps
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It’s nice to have good temps for running.
Usually when I run, I go 5k. (It’s perfect for our local 3.5mi lake trail… with a bit of walking before and after the run.). Then sometimes some more, at a slower pace. Once in a while I go further, and on Monday the nice weather was good incentive - did an extra 6k / seconds lake loop. On Friday I did 5k+7k (about 7.5 miles), perhaps my longest distance ever. There was a wind challenge that day, so part2 was some out/back treks instead of another full loop. Just figured if it was too windy to do the desired gardening tasks it made sense to spend my extra time running.
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