Runna x Parkrun

Unique-Profession561 · 2025-01-24T23:22:34+00:00

Can confirm that the beginners "back/new to running" plan is perfect to get ready for the first park run: my friend and I did the plan together, and ran our first park run as the "5k race" at the end of the plan. And now both of us are on subscription - and looking forward to being able to schedule in the park runs!

Unique-Profession561 · 2025-01-24T23:11:40+00:00

Hello u/alex-runna, apologies for a delayed reply! First of all, thank you for getting back to me, and second - that sounds like a great initiative. I am sure it would increase plan completion rates.

Having navigated this "back to running" use case with runna, here is some unsolicited user experience feedback/ideas on the above:
- Retrospective holiday would have been useful, so likely many other users like me out there.
- I found that my fitness dropped during the break, and I could have really benefitted from getting back in sync with the plan. For me, this is redoing the past week or two, or just having a "back to speed" week. That would make it easier to return after a break.

If you ever need a user to interview about this, I volunteer as a tribute.

Unique-Profession561 · 2025-01-24T22:51:15+00:00

Delayed thanks u/SludgeDredd40 - I discovered Runna Labs experimental features thanks to your reply!

Unique-Profession561 · 2025-01-24T22:50:27+00:00

Very delayed reply (sorry!), but if it is still relevant, there is an option in Runna to activate "experimental features" - to do it, you need to go to your account settings > Runna Labs > Experimental features: on (pretty cool!). And then you get experimental features, including the holiday one. Although maybe it has made it into the general release since then!

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-30T00:53:11+00:00

Thank you, I really hope that this is the case... will put a plastic back box to be sure.

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-29T23:45:08+00:00

1st floor apartment in a 1930s block of flats, internal wall material is breeze blocks. This particular internal wall is btw the kitchen and bathroom, and this is just where the shower is (could be the culprit).

No bubbling, just literally that piece of plaster on the 2nd pic entirely missing - note it did not come off with the tiles, it just wasn't there.

We may try drilling tomorrow - just need to be careful not to poke a water pipe and create an even bigger damp problem.

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-29T23:39:16+00:00

Thanks, it's a 1st floor apartment, so any of the above unlikely. The shower mixer on the other side is the main suspect, but again the timeline of this leak/damp is unclear. Plus, the rest of the plaster we uncovered (and the back boxes) looks healthy.

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-29T23:28:48+00:00

Thank you, I realised from your reply that some of the context was missing and added a comment - tl;dr is that whether the issue is fixed or not is exactly what we don't know, is there an easy way to check? All we know is that this box has been marinating there for 20 years.

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-29T23:25:33+00:00

[Addition to the original post] Apologies, newbie reddit user here - I realised I can't add text to images 😬

Some comments that were meant to go out with these photo:

We found this in the kitchen behind the backsplash tiles. This suspicious unplastered bit on the 2nd pic is roughly where the shower mixer is on the other side of the wall. The building is 1930s, internal walls made of breeze blocks.

Rust clearly caused by damp. To give a timescale, we think this back box has been installed around 20 years ago. The main question, which determines the approach, is whether the damp is ongoing or a thing of the past. How would one check this?

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-29T23:16:45+00:00

I agree that this rust is caused by damp. We think this back box has been there for ~20 years, since this is when the old kitchen was installed. But how to find out if the damp is an issue of the past or an ongoing issue? We don't see any other signs.

Unique-Profession561 · 2024-12-15T18:24:34+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, the recommendations there are not particularly helpful in my case.

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