You know those perfect running selfies you see when scrolling through Instagram? Of the people running but they also managed to capture the best photo? You know the ones – they are mid-stride and look graceful, yet fierce. Not quite smiling but not frowning. They look like runners.
Let’s just say I’m not one of those. That’s right — I do NOT look like that when I try to take a running selfie. But I digress – here were my runs this week. I didn’t mean to take off Thursday, but LM was awake from approximately 1:45 a.m. until 4 a.m., which meant I had slept about 3.7 hours when the alarm went off to run and I couldn’t move.
And, here’s the aforementioned selfie. I think I look somewhat like an awkward robot, don’t you?
And because there are no better photos than that for this week, that’s all you get.
Some questions for you:
- Can you take running selfies?
- How much sleep do you need?
I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.
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I’m not that great at running selfies either. Sometimes I set the timer on my phone to catch a good shot, but that doesn’t work all the time. Sometimes I’ll take a video and then play it back and take a screenshot where I look decent, lol.
Oooh I love the video idea!
The selfies are so tricky! I think I finally got a handle on, but I still have numerous fails LOL I have my phone’s camera set to ‘live,” which gives me a bunch of thumbnails within a second or two of elapsed time, Usually, one of those will capture the moment…usually 😉 I try to vary the camera angle, side of street, etc. so they all don’t look the same…easier than it sounds, though. Oh, and the sleep…I’m lucky. I am pretty functional with 5-6 hours of sleep 😉
I do not take great selfies either! One of the bonuses of running with friends is that there is always a photographer around! Thanks for linking up and have a great week ahead
Ditto on the selfies, though I’ve managed ac ouple good jumpies
Let’s talk Good Form Running – how did you get your arms to both be moving forward when running? LOL! I feel like I’ve really nailed some great running selfies – both running and jumping. But race photos? Oh no!! The key to great selfies is using a motion detection app for your camera or recording a burst shot. Easy peasy 🙂