Be Kind To Yourself

[Aquila12]

Hi all

About two week ago I completed the c25k programme. Since then my exercise went downhill. Partially due to asthma problems but mainly psychological I think. I kept telling myself I should be able to run thirty minutes fairly easily now and felt frustrated if I was tired early. So I gave in.

Today I did something different. I told myself I would just run as long as I could then walk for a bit. Being kind to myself had awesome results: I ran for forty minutes straight :D.

Moral of the story: Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Love it! It just goes to show when we take the pressure off we can fly 🤗

[Emmyg]

Well done on your great run. Totally agree, when the pressure is off we're capable of more than we think 😊

[mfamilias Graduate10]

That's the best advice I've heard all morning. Thank you! We should stop beating ourselves up and start being positive about what's right, and not only for our running.

[Aquila12 in reply to mfamilias]

Thanks for your kind words. something scary happened on my last run (a direct result of this I believe). . . I actually enjoyed running for a while 😂