Are Current Weather Conditions - Heat/Drought, Affecting Your Shooting?

VinceInMT · Jul 30, 2023

MurrayMinchin said:
So that brought you in under 30:00 in the 5K? Hope I have legs like that in my 70's

I find road running, especially anything past 20K mind numbingly boring...trails are waaaay more entertaining.

Did my first official 1/2 marathon trail race last year that had about 3,500' in elevation gain, so pretty easy-peasy in the scheme of things. Loads of fun. Ran most of the race behind a lady with lots of experience. She disappeared on the downhills, I caught up with her on the flats, and we were even on the uphills. Learn a lot from her that day! Came 1st in my age group as well, but I checked the course records and if that guy had turned up he would have beaten me by 30 minutes. YIKES!

Mostly I putz around, with local solo projects.

If I ever roll through your area I'll send a PM...maybe we could go on a mountain romp and/or afternoon camera hike.

I haven't done a lot on long distance trail running but I do run the trails around here quite a bit. I did pace a friend on the last 18 miles of a 100-miler he did in the Big Horn mountains. That was fun. And we have a race here at the Missouri Headwaters State Park in the fall, the John Colter Run, that's about 7-1/2 miles of up and down trails and to finish you have to get yourself across the Gallatin River. I've done that quite a few times.

Yes, road running can be really boring. I have a few running partners so we usually gab a bunch while doing them. To add some interest, starting at the first of the year I decided to run all the streets of my city. I think there are over 500 miles of them. I take them in 3-7 miles bites and have gone down streets I'd never been on before and seen lots of interesting sights. I do run with my phone so I can take pictures and document each run on a blog so there is a photographic component and a multi-season one at that:

My Run Billings Project

foc · Jul 30, 2023

Where I live, it sometimes rains and that is not a problem.
It's when it forgets to stop that be a bit of a pain.

logan2z · Jul 30, 2023

It's been pretty hot here during July/August (we had an unusually cool June, though), but it hasn't been too bad and the temps haven't prevented me from getting out with my camera. I'm also fortunate enough to be about a 20 minute drive from the coast so I can easily get to much cooler air if want to.

perkeleellinen · Jul 31, 2023

Here in the UK it has rained 31 days in a row, often all day long. The constant steel-grey clouds reduce shutter speeds to 1/30th. July is normally the most reliable month for getting out and taking photos. This year I haven't shot a single roll of film.

benjiboy · Aug 1, 2023

VinceInMT said:
I haven't done a lot on long distance trail running but I do run the trails around here quite a bit. I did pace a friend on the last 18 miles of a 100-miler he did in the Big Horn mountains. That was fun. And we have a race here at the Missouri Headwaters State Park in the fall, the John Colter Run, that's about 7-1/2 miles of up and down trails and to finish you have to get yourself across the Gallatin River. I've done that quite a few times.

Yes, road running can be really boring. I have a few running partners so we usually gab a bunch while doing them. To add some interest, starting at the first of the year I decided to run all the streets of my city. I think there are over 500 miles of them. I take them in 3-7 miles bites and have gone down streets I'd never been on before and seen lots of interesting sights. I do run with my phone so I can take pictures and document each run on a blog so there is a photographic component and a multi-season one at that:

My Run Billings Project

As a young Royal Marine I could march 30 miles in 8 hours across Dartmoor, carrying a 56 lb pack and a rifle the final test to become a commando. It takes me all my time now to walk to the corner shop.

benjiboy · Aug 1, 2023

perkeleellinen said:
Here in the UK it has rained 31 days in a row, often all day long. The constant steel-grey clouds reduce shutter speeds to 1/30th. July is normally the most reliable month for getting out and taking photos. This year I haven't shot a single roll of film.

Nor I, I have been considering building an arc .

VinceInMT · Aug 1, 2023

benjiboy said:
As a young Royal Marine I could march 30 miles in 8 hours across Dartmoor, carrying a 56 lb pack and a rifle the final test to become a commando. It takes me all my time now to walk to the corner shop.

My introduction to running was when I was drafted into the US Army. It‘s not something that made me like running, having to do it combat boots, gear, and carrying a weapon. It wasn’t until I was in my late-40s that I took it up in order to improve my level of fitness and this time it sort of clicked. At first it was hard to get regular but then I started a game with myself to see how many days in a row I could go without missing some kind of workout, (running, swimming, lifting, etc.) I made it 17-1/2 years before I broke the streak due to having a surgery. Once recovered, I started running again but dropped the streak as the actuarial tables indicated that I might not live long enough to break my own record but the habit is well-formed and I don’t have a problem going out and grabbing a few miles most days.

BTW, the “streak” is a great game to play. I’ve also done it for drawing, making at least one drawing a day for a month, and for practicing a musical instrument (made it 3 months) and am considering doing it with photography, a photo a day. I sort of do that already, although with my phone as I document my daily runs, but shooting film every day would be a fun project.

MurrayMinchin · Aug 1, 2023

Running origin stories? No military component here.

Distance running and I weren't on good terms in my youth. I was a fast twitch muscle guy...sprints, high jump, and goalie in box lacrosse. In my 20's I started doing short-ish trail runs to stay in shape for hiking in the mountains, then stopped in my 30's & 40's. At about 50 I managed to get up to 5K, then stopped.

Started running again at 60, slowly building distance. Since switching to low heart rate (easy breathing conversational pace) once a week long runs two years ago, I haven't had a single injury. Will keep running (knock on wood) for at least a couple more decades.

liviab · Aug 4, 2023

I'm just starting out with photography here in Columbus. Not exactly Arizona or Montana level extreme, but hey, we've got our own charms, to be honest. I say, bring on the weather - rain or shine, it's good way to bring my camera. Each day's a new lesson. I'm not one to sit around waiting for "perfect" conditions, whatever they are

benjiboy · Aug 4, 2023

In my long life this summer is the rainiest I have ever experienced in Britain, It has been like the monsoon I experienced in the Far East in Hong Kong, and Singapore when I served in the military
. I was awakened at 3.30 this morning by the very loud noise of torrential rain on my house although I'm a heavy sleeper, and I have double glazed windows. This summer has been " a washout.

Sirius Glass · Aug 4, 2023

benjiboy said:
In my long life this summer is the rainiest I have ever experienced in Britain, It has been like the monsoon I experienced in the Far East in Hong Kong, and Singapore when I served in the military
. I was awakened at 3.30 this morning by the very loud noise of torrential rain on my house although I'm a heavy sleeper, and I have double glazed windows. This summer has been " a washout.

Better than having high temperatures, but watch for flooding and mud slides.

benjiboy · Aug 5, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
Better than having high temperatures, but watch for flooding and mud slides.

The city I live in is built on seven hills Steve, like Rome, and I live on high ground in an urban area were it fortunately never floods.
Being retired, if the weather is rainy I don't have to go out to work, and I prefer rain to oppressive hot weather.

Mark J · Aug 5, 2023

benjiboy said:
In my long life this summer is the rainiest I have ever experienced in Britain, It has been like the monsoon I experienced in the Far East in Hong Kong, and Singapore when I served in the military
. I was awakened at 3.30 this morning by the very loud noise of torrential rain on my house although I'm a heavy sleeper, and I have double glazed windows. This summer has been " a washout.

Perhaps you weren't in the UK in 2012 Benji ?
I think there was one sunny week - it was the final week in March !

benjiboy · Aug 6, 2023

Mark J said:
Perhaps you weren't in the UK in 2012 Benji ?
I think there was one sunny week - it was the final week in March !

I was in the U.K in 2012, but as far as I recall there wasn't torrential rain for the most of July that year.

Kilgallb · Aug 23, 2023

I will trade you your rainy summer for our hot, dry, and forest fire summer..

SodaAnt · Aug 28, 2023

The hot, dry summer weather doesn’t affect my photography excursions at all. But then again, I do 100 mile bicycle rides when the temperature is over 100F on a fairly regular basis. Photography is sedate by comparison.

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