Sometimes you just don’t feel like it....sometimes you ache...sometimes you are full of it...sometimes faffage wins...sometimes life gets in the way....sometimes the rain is too hard....sometimes the wind wins....sometimes it’s too late in the day....how many of us can relate to these negative, pre run thoughts?.....I know I can...this week it’s the, sometimes you just don’t feel like I’d AND sometimes faffage wins!
This morning, cold, stuffyness, high temp and shallow breath was trying its best to get to me today...and it made me think....lots of us think too much about....
A) The weather
B) life
C) time
D) faffage
E) cold.....
Now this I can relate to....I have honestly coughed and coughed...not during the day, oh no, middle of the night me....all night...which leads to sleeplessness, which leads to over thinking....which leads to 2am suddenly being 6am...which leads to tiredness...and an unwilling running body..... oh no, not me...this coughing, sleeplessness will not beat me....I am stronger than a cough...I can still run without sleep.....I feel like an engine running without diesel....
I only set out for a 3k, running with my shallow breath, snotty nose, shallow breath and high temperature....but something stronger made me go further....my legs are not having that there’s summet up...they want to just carry on....so I ran along the canal, the canal is like my safety blanket....I know it and it knows me. My ‘bevlar’ bridge....my victory steps.....I have accomplished so much on this towpath!....every pedestrian has prob seen me plodding on along my fav run...red and resembling the best stawberry crop in Yorkshire! I had everything going on....my garmin was playing intervals which I can’t seem to stop....I had Laura on doing the speed podcast and I had Mr Smooth on, about week 6....this all made me think, with a grin, that I might need a plan. I really don’t think I need to repeat C25k but part of me thinks that this is the cement....and I def think that we need to cement that we can run for 30 mins, I feel like I can BUT I have run for 5k, but not in 30 mins.....I have run 10km but not in 60 mins...do you know what though...I’m not here to ask how these times/distances are possible....I am here to say that time = distance doesn’t matter....enjoying your run despite distance and time are what are important.....I am def going to enjoy experimenting with my distance...I’m not fast but I am hard and determined...I will run as far as I can, some days that’s further than others, bit it’s further than I could run this time 2 years ago and that I am amazzed at....I owe a lot of my runinng here....just keeping me going Bluebirdrunner , Oldfloss , Sadie-runs .... quirkybee , Fishypieface , Hidden SuzyKK Hidden .... DebJogsOn MikeJones68 rolysmate here’s to many inspirational folk that have kept me going.... you know who you are, I would’ve packed in if it weren’t for you xx have a lovely rest of the week.....jog on, because you can xxx
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That’s some grit, getting out running when you feel like crud. Just goes to show how strong you are💪. Enjoy your runs, whatever time and distance they are!
Well done for getting out there, Bev. I know the negative pre-run thoughts all too well, but I always feel better for going. I just have to remind myself of that
Be careful about exercise when you’re not well though. Nothing wrong with healing rest days. However a big well done for getting out there. I’m sitting faffing, so will follow your example and get out there. A plan helps because you don’t have to be decisive, you just have to get up and go,
It's so strange how your mind can tell you one thing (I cant do this today) and your body something quite different (yes you bloody can!). Just keep going Mummycav !
Ah, you didn't mention you went on to run 7k Mummycav, despite feeling so stuffy and your lack of sleep!💪
I think you are right about that cement, the 30 minutes of running, Graduating, then the consolidation runs are what gives me the confidence to go keep going out each time. Putting in a 30 min non-stop run, even if not every run, reminds us that we are capable and strong and what we have acheived.
For me, the faffage has become routine, I know it will take me about half an hour to be ready to go, once I'm in my kit😆...but I still look forward to my running days and don't remember bailing out..except when I have been unwell.
The gremlins do whisper to me when I'm out running though,😈 you can stop when you get to....why not take a break.. and sometimes they win. But other times those old robot legs kick in and carry me onwards which is brilliant.
I know you will continue to enjoy your runs, experimenting and watching the seasons change again...keep up the great work, we are all running beside you..we will all jog on together, sometimes with a plan and sometimes with no plan because we can! 😊xxx
Oh yes 7k it was! Faffage is all part of getting ready to go out isn’t it?! And those gremlins telling us to take a break are harder to ignore, especially when there’s a bench, in the sun next to the canal, very tempting! Last run today before I jet off to sunnier climes for the Easter break so I will be faffing myself in a bit no doubt!
I love the thought of us all running along together xx
Thanks alisonx , I’m much better today, still a bit wheezy but it’s run day again so let’s see what happens...no plan, just off out to see where my legs take me...let the faffage and barrel load of excuses commence!! X
I think you are MAD!!! Good that did enjoy it think I def would have succumbed to faffage, what with your cold & all... after 3+mths of no running due to injury, I ventured out today - nice & sunny, tho not too warm, ie perfect running weather! I dropped back to W4R3... little twinges from my leg, but a few hours have passed since, & it seems to be ok still fingers crossed it stays that way!... but wow! what a feeling, to be out there again! Keep on enjoying it all xxx
Haha, you’re not the first person to say that SuzyKK ! 3 months sounds a long time with no running but I am SO GLAD you got out there, it must’ve felt great! The weather is perfect, sunny and a bit cold...I will keep my fingers crossed that you’re out again very soon my lovely friend xxx
Yorkshire grit wins through again Mummycav......but really? Running with a chest cold and temperature? I have just recovered from something similar, plus ear infection. I needed a 10 day break to get over it. I am sure I made things worse by running when it first kicked in.....maybe it is just my age and an inability to follow my own advice! Anyway, hope you recover quickly...ten out of ten for determination as ever 😊
Aw, I love being an inspiration!! Although at the mo, I am completely un-inspirational....all of the above apply! I can't get up, lack of sleep, weather, bad case of CBA.... this will pass I know and I will get back to it. Mainly because we know we can now and we didn't know that before xxx
You are Fishypieface , most definitely...your determination right from day 1 was something to behold!! I sincerely hope you find your determination again, I loved your posts, they kept me going as well as entertained!! I’m sure, once this sunshine is here to stay, you will be back out, pounding the pavements again and I can’t wait to read all about it xxx come on fishy, get the dust blown off them trainers and put your inspirational head back on xxx
Oh wish I’d read this before I went to the gym this morning I would have run instead just for you!! 😊 Next week for deffo then you’ve talked me into it! I never would have said going to the gym was easier than going for a run EVER!!! It’s all down to running though that I do anything though! Have a wonderful holiday xxx
OMG. Yes. Faffing. Faffing. Faffing. Supposed to run in the morning: sets me up for the day, find it easier & more enjoyable. Of late have had the most enormous attack of faffing. Not run before 2pm in weeks. So completely get this. "Is it too cold ? Oh its sunny now maybe need to change....Oh no its raining now. Ooo look, its stopped - hang on when did I last eat/drink/ wee? Look at the time - is it too close to school pick up to go now?" Its a miracle I ever get out of the door! I think faffing should be an olympic sport...
I’m like you BestLife19 , I run before dinner, usually straight after the school run, otherwise I find that in amongst the usual faffage is emptying the dishwasher, putting no the washing out, picking clothes up etc etc...so I try not to go home. Then when I’ve run and had my shower the day is mine....either that or I run n the evening when everythings done and everyone’s been fed and watered! X
Mummycav! I don’t know why HU waited until today to notify me of this post - pfffffft! So only just seen it...and now you are probably heading out on a jet plane! Happy holidays to you my lovely.
Faffing. Well, I have to say I rarely faff. Mostly because when I run on a weekday morning I am on the strictest of schedules as I have to catch my train to work at 8:45am. So, my weekday morning runs are organised like some kind of military operation, down to the minute! But the weekend can be another story, and I have to admit a bit of faffage occasionally comes into play...😂
What riles me is:
- getting a cold. Makes me MAD AS HELL to have a run cancelled because of sniffles/snot/no sleep. Hope you are over yours now dear Bev.
- rain on a day where no rain is forecast. I will run in rain, push comes to shove, but tend to plan my run days when rain is not on the menu.
- being my own worst enemy: having too much vino the night before a long run. Why do I do this to myself?! (Though am getting much better at NOT doing this).
You are a fab runner, MC, and I truly love and am awe struck by your grit! You inspire me. Distance, I think, will be your friend. Keep on running, dear buddy. 😁
Thanks Sadie-runs , it wasnt good running and feeling under the weather but something made me go and I was so glad I did..life has taken over this week what with packing and shopping for this holiday that I've only run once, now I'm cross with myself for not squeezing a run in before today...we actually fly from Birmingham to Jamaica on Sunday morning but are staying overnight there tomorrow so there'll be no running until at least Tues when I get used to the heat and find the treadmills in the gym coz unfortunately I don't think it's safe enough to run alone so there'll prob be more drinking and eating than running for the next couple of weeks but hey ho, why go on holiday and not enjoy it to the max?? There'll be plenty of swimming, snorkling and kayaking going on!!
I know what you mean with the vino too...I like to enjoy a drink at the weekend, fortunately for me and to the despair of my hubby and most of my friends, I don't get hangovers or a thick head the day after so I can still run....some of my better runs have been the morning after ones!!!! Don't know how that works out?!
You are very organised when it comes to your morning runs aren't you?? But I suppose if you miss that train you'll be in bother?!
How lovely that we inspire each other?? I never thought I'd be an inspiration to any one!!! I'm looking forward to my holiday but I'm also looking forward to getting some long runs in...just like you...knocking out a 14k?! Wow xxx
You forgot to mention my stick lol --- times,distances, are they really important, to some maybe but enjoyment now that's the key no matter how fast,how far, enjoyment is the answer
Absolutely rolysmate ...I only ran 1k last run, it was on Montego bay ...first thing in the morning, in 26 degree heat...that's all I could run in the heat, but I enjoyed it, its was beautiful, but hard, so i stopped while I was on a high....and your stick is legendary!!! 🤣🤨...the thought of it has kept me running!!
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think I def would have succumbed to faffage, what with your cold & all... after 3+mths of no running due to injury, I ventured out today - nice & sunny, tho not too warm, ie perfect running weather! I dropped back to W4R3... little twinges from my leg, but a few hours have passed since, & it seems to be ok still 
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