Hi everyone, i hope you're all doing well and enjoying your running sessions?? The weather has been a bit miserable, a bit windy, its slippy under foot with all the leaves on the floor, its damp & its dark...perfect conditions for those mojos of ours to disappear...mine, as most of you know, has def been conspicuous by its absence. It has made me feel down about my running.
Last winter, when i considered myself a proper newbie, I embraced the weather, enjoying running with my disco light in my hair in the evenings or up with the birds running in the crisp air before the world woke up. This year i think my mojo must've got trapped in that missing hour when the clocks turned back somehow because the crisp mornings & disco light evenings haven't had the same appeal...i have not enjoyed my runs as much at all and this has made me sad....
Until this morning...i was doing my usual duvet hugging, not asleep, just thinking...and it suddenly popped into my head that i have forgotten what running has done for me...firstly, I have made so many friends on here & feel i have deserted you all whilst being busy on my mojo hunt...secondly, head space, this is so important for everybody, we all need time for thinking, for releasing, for figuring out & for me time, running is perfect for this...thirdly, I am much fitter than ever before, my recovery time is literally minutes & i feel stronger, fourth, i have a new relationship with the outdoors, I was born in the summer & have always considered myself a Summer person but not anymore, I love the rain, theres something completely liberating about running in the rain...fifth, I am a runner.....
All these things i have forgotten...I've forgotten how far I've come..I was concentrating too much on where i was going...this all dawned on me this morning during my duvet hugging session so i got up, got my kit on & head off out of the door...i didnt have a distance in mind or a time, i just wanted to go out and search for all of those things that I'd forgotten...and it felt good, i just ran for the sake of it, taking in all the sights, the mist on the canal made it feel eerie, i only ran the 'safe' part of the canal, over Bevlar bridge...no pressure on myself, just for sheer pleasure...i covered 4k in 25 mins, my mojo definitely made an appearance this morning.... Hidden has incorporated hunting for my mojo in her run for Alzheimer's challenge and i think its working, I think its definitely back in Yorkshire, it must've seen all the sparkle & glitz in London and has decided to come home!! I will be running again in a couple of days, so will post again, just to update on its whereabouts...so watch this space...thank you again to all of you for your encouragement, advice, messages & good wishes...the power of the forum is amazing...
Have a lovely week everyone and remember how far you've all come & what running has done for you because its so easy to forget xxx
MC xx
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Great to see you back out there my lovely friend...take it gently and hold all those positive thoughts close inside... You are a runner.. a super one...! Take care xxx
Thank you Floss...its so easy to forget, i really enjoyed this mornings run...i forgot how peaceful Sunday morning running can be. I'm not going to rush back into it, i dont want that mojo of mine scaring off, its very delicate at the moment! xx
Yeeha Mummycav.... Yes, I remember your runs with disco lights in your hair, and you sneaking out early doors for a run. I believe your Mojo is back, your run today taking in all the sights and sounds sounds just lovely, and encaptures what c25k is all about. Enjoying our successes!
I will look out for your next post and hope you have another smashing, but no pressure run. MummyCav is back everyone!😄xxx
Awww, thank you Bluebirdrunner , i know you've seen my runs on strava, i have kept going but they have seemed proper slog runs. I havent run since Tuesday, i needed to see if having a good few days off made a difference and it looked like it did because it just felt right & i had that after run feeling again, you know the one? I know we all have bad runs but when its one after the other thats when the doubts set in...I'm already looking forward to my next run xx
Thank you Tbae ...theres nothing worse than not enjoying consecutive runs, i think i was comparing my summer running in France where i just had those gorgeous long flat roads to run along, beautiful sunrises & oodles of beautiful scenery...but really, why wasnt i making the most of what i have here??? Because I'd forgotten that's why...but this morning it started coming back to me just why i run & what its done for me...x
Hi Bev, well I’m glad your mojo is there, because to be honest she was giving me the slip this morning. It certainly wasn’t at the Barbican unless it used the Crossrail Excavator to dig a tunnel to Yorkshire. She may have passed Somerset House though because there was enough bling there to satisfy the most purple sparkly mojo I know.She’d have been frightened on the SouthBank - definitely she could have got squashed there and I’d never have forgiven myself ... So Bevlar Bridge - maybe she’s been hiding out there once she’d done the London thing.
So happy you got out and enjoyed it my dear running friend... p.s. I’m still waiting for your birthdate number 1 - it has to go on my playlist...
Went out looking myself this morning but no sign of it...it def hasn’t dug a tunnel back to Yorkshire, well not the part I run in! Bevlar bridge would be a good place, maybe I’ll look there next time I’m passing?! X
It’s grey and ‘orrible and damp and bleugh. I’ve wimped out running today. But tomorrow 10k is on my radar, so I’m thinking another look-see for your mojo, she’s being decidedly contrary.... But then a hard prize is always the best one to win...XX
What a lovely and very thought-provoking post Mummycav. So glad you felt that love again on your run today - here's to more of them and a rediscovered mojo!🙂
Hey Deals1 , you’ve no need to doubt yourself, you’re doing sooo well....it easy to have those doubts though, I know...this isn’t the first time I’ve doubted myself, but I’ve bounced back before...stay positive & remember you’re a runner now
😘😘😘 A lovely post, one that I knew would come, just waiting patiently for it. You’ve made my Sunday night! Just so you know, the mojo thing...it happens to many of us, and it’s such a shocker. But the good news is, it always comes back, especially to those with grit, like you my dear. We take the highs with the lows, because we know how good the highs are. I am so proud of you - these moments of reflection on why we run, how far we have come, and getting back to the fundamentals of what made us eventually fall in love with running are so important. Not every run will be as beautiful as this, but these are the runs that make us carry on, right Bevlar? 😁
You're right Sadie-runs , the good runs do keep us going so when its bad run after bad run its a bit disheartening but with no pressure & running for the heck of it, the bad runs can disappear into the distance...you know i love running, theres no way im giving up..thank you xxx
Yes! Running for runnings sake not for distance or time, sounds like a great idea. I get hung up on time/distance and should just enjoy being out there!
Glad you had a great run Mummycav, hopefully there are more around the corner!
Thankyou so much Hidden ....sometimes we forget what our posts do for others, I certainly don’t feel like I could inspire anyone at the moment but I will bounce back, I’m no quitter x
Ohhh, I bet they’re hanging out together somewhere?? How dare they up and leave?? I will keep my eyes peeled...I’ll take you out with me next run...maybe you will be reminded that you are a fabulous runner & an inspirational one xx
Thank you! I haven’t run since Sunday and feel very guilty, but I am hoping to go out tomorrow morning. Every morning this week I have woken up feeling tired and achey and thought I can’t run. A couple of months ago I couldn’t wait to get out of the door to run. My husband thinks it is because it is winter and I am definitely a summer person. Hopefully doing a Santa/Penguin run for the local hospice in 10 days time will enthuse me a bit more!
I will think of you tomorrow and should be inspired!
Yes I did! I thought of you @Mummycav and also of @Jancanrun and I went out and ran in the rain. Did 6.4 k, got soaked to the skin and it was ok. Thank you for your support! I am going to run on Tuesday and Thursday ready for my run as a penguin on Sunday. Still feeling tired and achey but I will get my mojo back, I know!
Thank you GoGo_JoJo ...it is soooo easy to forget how far we've come...and that we are runners but not all runs are all hearts & flowers...and that its actually ok to feel like this, its normal, and you're not alone in feeling like this either...even though its a very lonely feeling...and all the encouragement, comments & good wishes make you realise that everyone goes through it at some point. No pressure runs should be the law...at least two or three a month xxx
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