On a different but related issue there was some coverage last week about how long the virus survives in a surface in the open air if it's warm and exposed to UV light. Apparently not long at all, maybe even a matter of a few seconds. That's reassuring for me, most of my runs have a high stile and gate count for the first few miles before reaching open ground.Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Well I'm no epidemiologist! - but I have read that the only research done was in enclosed conditions and suggested that people should normally stay one metre apart (that is not the same as someone sneezing into your face, of course) and the metre was "doubled for safety" in the UK, but with different distances in other countries - suggesting not terribly robust science - and then the "two metres" was then applied outside, so if you were on a fishing boat in a gale in the North Sea, still two metres.
I understand the need for simple messages (KISS) for the population but on the other hand compliance with the "law" doesn't mean as an enquiring person you should not wonder what evidence there is that anyone has caught the virus from say a country stile...
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 09-05-2020 at 08:33 AM.
Remember the question 'Would you rather run a mile, jump a stile or eat a pancake in a field'?. Well I'm running the mile anyway, I don't normally ingest cowshit and it looks as though there's no good reason to jump the stile.
9.5 miles, 3,000 feet, 2 hours 28 minutes, Wansfell Ridge, Kirkstone Inn, Red Screes. Only 4 people on the fells, no cars at Kirkstone. A lovely cool breeze higher up, super views.
11.8 miles, 1400 ft, 3:38
Brindle, the Goit to White Coppice, Great Hill, South towards Winter Hill then before meeting the road, west to Anglezarke res and back on the goit to Brindle.
Really enjoyed it. Some new routes as well. Some good new running route options. All in all a fantastic route with hills, open moorland, super views and some nice woodland sections.
It was a resounding 8:2 today to Mrs WP. We've started a stub your toe/stumble count on our walks
I asked for a VAR on a 9th!
She was away with the fairies today
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
7.5 miles, 3,200 feet, 2 hours 11 minutes, Wansfell Ridge again. Definitely more people about, even some cars in a pay and display car park. Jolly cold wind on the tops.
8.3 mile, 2:37, 900ft
Windy, but quietest day I can recall through lockdown.
Perhaps half a dozen couples, 1 runner and 1 family and half of them in the last 10 minutes.
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
Only real athletes go out in the cold!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Definitely chilly today
I have not seen much about risks/cases when outside, apart from recommendations - from 2 metres if stationary, to 20 metres if cycling - running was 10 metres. The 2 metres was because the aerosol only went 1.5 metres, so not a lot of room for error, and no allowance for wind/breeze.
Inside - there were cases 4.5 metres apart on a bus, but there have been doubts expressed about that report - in a restaurant, where being downwind of air conditioning was bad news, and in a call centre, where being anywhere in the same space, well over 2 metres, was grim - and there was that choral group in Washington State where most got it and several died.
There is nothing magic about 2 metres - the further the better - if 10 metres is easy - do it - 20 metres - better still.
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