Hello blog readers.
Its been some time since I last blogged! I have realised, not only is my running mojo virtually gone in to complete lockdown (apparently it's the lockdown is the latest most used word that's made it to the collins dictionary) but also my writing mojo!
With a new laptop I am hoping at least my writing will pick up. Of course I went running today, which is why I am writing. But I have been running, prior to lockdown, there has been club runs and beginners, and some homework running with Pat and Paul during the school holidays. I did miss the last club run before lockdown, my running mojo was just no where to be seen. But it happens. I will not ever give up, that is one thing that I know for sure! But it may just take some time to get back to doing just even slightly longer runs, more often. Instead of finding reasons and excuses not to run, I shall find reasons to not do housework, or course work or whatever it is I have been using to keep me away from my running shoes.
So my run this morning, I thought about all the home from work, my first shift, this morning. 'Just get in, get changed and don't think about it' I kept saying to my self. Work, washing up, housework can wait for an hour. Just get out and do it. I was almost scuppered by the first hurdle, I couldn't find my ear phones! Oh my goodness, looking everywhere for those, I almost gave up. I found my other ones, the ones where I had made to fit into my ears, perfectly, and not fall out when I run. But then I realised they would not be compatible with my phone! I almost gave up, but then I remembered a place where I would have put them.
Music on, shoes on, jog pants on! What was stopping me? Nothing. I just left the house and thought about which way to go first. Through the parks first, just to enjoy a bit of emptiness, no cars, fresh air, thinking space, then hit the roads! With that route once I am on the other side of the park it, with every step after that it feels like I am on the way back. There were a couple of wobbly moments where I thought I could just do a short one, take the next road, or the one after that, but I talked myself out of it, 'You're out now Old girl, might as well make it count'. I started to use the lampposts to keep me focused. Run, one or two lampposts, maybe even three, then walk to the next one. It kept my mind busy, helped me stay focused, I also noticed that I did a couple of sprints as well. I really tried not to focus on that, just in case I stopped doing it!
When I gat back to my local park, I really tried to talk myself into going all the through the park, but I just wanted to get back home, look for the lampposts to keep me focused, get it done! So I came out of the park by 'The Oaks' and carried on the rest of my run on the road.
I felt good that I had done my run, in some lovely weather too, even though I found it tough, tough to get out and tough to run. But I did it. Some friends have asked if I would run with them, I might just start taking them up on their offer, maybe try and get one more solo run in, just for my own headspace again. It felt good to think about nothing for a while.
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