Hi Runners
Well, it has been 5 days since I felt it wise to take a short break from running due to a tight hamstring.
I had a tinge of run rebel in the mix as I did my strength and flex exercises yesterday. ‘Right...I’m ready to run now’ was on my mind. I put in some extra strengthening 🏋🏽♀️and yoga 🧘🏽♂️to try to distract myself. But if I’m honest it didn’t work that well 🤫.
I said yesterday, that I might go out and try a little run tomorrow and that’s what I did. I was up early and found I have a cold sore 😱 ballooning. Ugggh....yep, it’s official, I’m pretty run down. But, I now have a choice to make. Give in to it or get out? So, I did my dynamic warm ups and then off I went. I just needed to get out in the quiet and cold. I had my head torch on ready, but light was just breaking, so I decided to leave it.
I couldn’t find my gloves 🧤 and my hands did get quite cold, but I didn’t care. Not today! I always keep them in the same place too! 🤪 I’ll find them later (I hope!) or check if one of my son’s has taken a fancy to them 🤨.
I ran today without any music 🎶, I kept intending to press play, but I was having a conversation with myself as I ran. Some of that was giving myself a good talking to. I could hear my breathing and really felt the appreciation of being able to take every stride as my feet touched the floor and kept on moving.
As I turn a corner, not too far from home, I hear a song pop up in my head that reminds me of my brother and I feel a comfort that I’m doing the right thing. After listening to my very own DJ for a bit and singing along in my head, I decide then to press play. Then an amazing song is in on the shuffle play! Feeling extra fuel, I’m running strong 💪🏽 (but not fast! 😆).
I get close to the door and “work out complete” comes through on the headphones. A 2.5k recovery run is done! ✅
But, then......another song comes on, this one is even more significant and I carry on walking past the door, as I know if I go indoors now, I’ll be too emotional if I go in. I walk on and listen and try not to embarrass myself out there 😭. It’s not an unhappy experience at all. It just felt like I had a big hug from above 🥰! My brother was the reason I started running and I know going for that run was the best thing I could have done today! I could hear his laughter as I remembered that. He’d be only too willing to be glorified for his encouragement 😂! The joker! 🤩
That was a mindful run! Nothing can beat it!! That was a very emotional, but happy run indeed! 🏃🏽♀️🎶🥰
I’m going to take the weekend off, carry on with my strength and flex and see how I go on Monday.
Happy running Runners! ❤️
week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
How did your parkrun or (not)parkrun go?
