Running...that was my first thought this morning...hmmm ‘I wonder where DaddyCav is working this morning, maybe I could cadge a lift and run home??’ 💭 I’ve done this many, many times & now that the children are older it’s much easier just to disappear off for a quick run...well, when I say ‘quick....!!!’
So this morning we were chugging away in the van when DaddyCav asked where I wanted dropping off, I thought I’d just run along the main roads, as usual & make my way home but then Daddycav suggested a route that I’d never been on...we have walked part of it with the children but not all the way so he explained where it was and where it would bring me out so, intrigued and always hungry for a new route, I said my goodbye & hopped out of the van & set my timer for my 5 min warm up walk, which was only for the muscles as there was really no warming up to be done this heat is beating me to my runs every time!!
My watch buzzed to let me know it was time to run & I must say, I was keen to get going...it was quiet and a bit cooler as the shade of the trees were like a parasol over my head...this really was turning out to be a lovely route...& then....a hill...’oh ohhhhh, I’m too warm for a hill’ I thought as my temperature had crept up, as it does, quite quickly...”oh well, it’ll have to be a run/walk hill, don’t want to burn myself out just yet!!” so that’s what I did...I ran till I could feel my head about to burst & walked the rest, at the top started running on the flat and this continued for about 2k..the hill at the end was sooooooo steep there was no way I could run it, I was sure my head would spontaneously combust so again, I ran/walked (mostly fast walking) my way to the top...at the top I had a breather...I was pinker than a pink person in pink town on pink day!!!
Anyway, I started again on the home strait...across the main road, passed the butty shop, the smell of bacon tempting the gremlins that had caught me up...”go away, I’m running home” was my mantra for the last 1km...the driveway was a very welcome sight, unlike my face to passers by I’m sure!!! But, it was a face that had done some hard work this morning and a head that had had a few battles along the way...so it was a face to be proud of...I was wearing my pink face like a medal!!
At one time, if I’d have had to stop and run/walk or walk a hill, that I must say are NOT my fav part of a run I’m not good at them, I would’ve been soooo cross with myself but now & this is what I’ve learned on here and I do preach it myself but it’s taken me a long time to actually practise it, a run is a run...it’s hot...you’re allowed a little break...you’re not going to get shot down from above for having a little walk break and it CERTAINLY does not change the fact that you’re a runner..no matter how far or fast.
Be kind to yourself and be careful in this heat...turn your run into something that works for you...if you’re struggling, stop and sort it out...if you’re too warm, stop until you feel like you can start again...
That’s what I did this morning, I ran to suit me...& I feel so much better for doing it that way...& just look at that gorgeous Yorkshire scene, what’s not to love about being a runner??? This could’ve been my ‘personal worst’ as Roxdog suggested his latest run was but it didn’t turn out that way because I tweaked it to suit me....that’s my new tool for a run...a ‘running tweak’ and I shall be using my ‘running tweak’ whenever it’s needed...
Happy running everyone and remember...you can’t drink enough water 😉😉😉
MC xxx
New Parkrun route! 
