Hello Blog Readers
How you all been. I've been better! Thankfully not ill, just recovering from surgery. I had a procedure done on my tear duct last month on the 26th October. Blimey, it didn't 'arf 'urt! I had the same procedure done years and years ago, on my other eye, I am pretty sure it didn't hurt as much as this time did. Back then, after I came out of the hospital, I popped to the pub before going home! Mind you, that was then and this is now, things were a little different. Back then I had an overnight stay in hospital. This time round I was in and out on the same day, conveyor belt style! Did that make the difference, who knows, could it be that I am older, and things take a lot longer to heal! Probably! Anyway, I missed several running sessions which I am not happy about!
I went along to the beginners on Saturday, but my face was still pretty sore, achy and bruised, having my glasses on my nose is quite painful, so I just went along for support and took my camera (read that as phone). It was the first time this group would be running up the hill.....well, sort of.....they tried to do it the week before but the weather was just too horrendous so it was abandoned! We have quite a few of our runners left from when we started this autumns session, and we had quite a few PWR's to help run along with our runners too, to encourage them, especially up that cheeky little 'bump' they have to run up! Here, this is some of our beginners in action.
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| So fast I almost missed! |
So, yesterday, was the first time I have tried running since the surgery. Goodness knows how I was going to feel. Mentally I was ready, oh I was so ready! I just didn't want to wait another week without running. Being in the lower running group, I feel that I might just lose fitness. When the other groups have time out, they can still get to run club and maybe run in a slower group, but us in the lower group, we have to challenge ourselves when we have 'time out'. I guess the best thing really is to just pull my finger out and start to try and move up the groups! We'll see!
There were only six of us in group 1 yesterday, quite a pleasant evening too. It wasn't freezing cold, or raining and Crofton school were having their fireworks do! Perfect running conditions for me really, well I think the fireworks are maybe a bit over the top for my return, but hey 😉 Nice low numbers, so we are not going to be stretch out too far from each other, not good when I guessed I would probably be leading from the back! Not to cold that I am not going to enjoy it, it really was just perfect conditions. I had planned to do our 'easy' route but do it the opposite way round, just so that we could keep the fireworks in our view, maybe, just maybe get to the school while they are still going off!
SweeperRob said it was more challenging going the opposite way round, which everybody quickly said yes! I hadn't really thought about, I was beginning to waiver and say 'ok, lets go the usual way around' but they all chimed in and said I should stick with my plan, as they really only just having a little moan, I said at "least we will have the downhill and the end, which is always good" , so we stuck with the original plan.
The fireworks started almost as soon as we left the rec, I was thinking to myself then that maybe we would not make it to the school for the grand finale, but you never know, I could surprise myself, right? That first hundred yards or so my legs started to feel like lead weights! I could just 'feel' the messages they would be sending to my brain:-
Legs :"Hey, um brain, what do you think you are doing, I thought we had stopped with all this nonsense?"
Brain: "No, don't be daft legs, I was just resting up old face ache up there, you know, trying to heal the bruises before she frightens any more kids"
Legs: "Well, I would rather not, if you don't mind, I was enjoying sitting crossed leg watching telly"
Brain: "Just get on with it, I'll speak to you later"
That was it, brain switched off signals to legs and legs just had to get going! It didn't help that running was not doing my head any good, and I don't mean the mind, I mean my head, my glasses were hurting my nose and I kept trying to push my glasses further back but then that hurt the scar and the scab! But there was one thing that didn't hurt, that was my mind! Mind was having a blast, Mind was having a conversation all by herself
Mind: "Oh this is so good, oh look pretty sparkles"
Brain:
Mind: "oh it's soo good to be back running with these guys again, oh wow, that was a big one"
Brain:
Mind "What route should I do next week, oohhh wow that one was sooo loud!"
My brain really wasn't taking any notice of tired legs, of hurting noses, my brain just let my mind take over and enjoy my run. Yes I was slow, and yes I was leading from the back again, but I was feeling really good. It's amazing how just a couple of weeks off from running and you are just gagging to get back to it! I like routine, I don't like missing things, I like leading, it's a great discipline for me to be there!
So yes, there it is, my ramblings for today, weird ramblings, but hey ho! Enjoy!