7k again at last!!

[limberlou]

Haven’t run since Thursday with various aches and things getting in the way like the weather. Yesterday I actually put my running gear on when I got up, glanced out my bedroom window and thought “ I can handle a bit of drizzle”.... got downstairs and opened the front door and the heavens opened!!!! I thought “ I’ll give it a minute or so to ease off.”......which it didn’t so I pottered about ( still in running gear) and washed the dishes and tidied up a bit ....and then changed my bed and then the sun came out. 😁

Great!! I thought and then as I went downstairs my phone rang -the landline ..which always worries me ( very few people use my landline). It was my sister “ could I let her have a bag of stuffing because she is sewing pumpkins ( I have loads in my loft from my sons old job) and if I still wanted those plants could I pop down and could I get her some frozen veg on my way?” So I said “yes but I’m just about to go and run”. “ oh” she says “ it’s chucking down here!!” And as I looked out the window, you’ve guessed it, it was chucking down here too. I gave up and changed and got on with my day. And of course later on it was dry and sunny for ages but by that time I had changed again and was in my painting clothes, painting sitting room walls.

So today I was up and out before I could change my mind. I don’t know what it is, as I am sleeping better lately, eating healthily, drinking plenty, but I am still finding running really hard work. I used to feel quite strong once I got going but I keep ending up jeffing in most runs nowadays and I’m worn out afterwards whereas I used to be full of beans when I got home. And I am doing nowhere near the distances or as often as I used to either. Maybe it’s to do with the strange times we are living in???

But anyway I digress ( as usual) and this morning was no different, I plodded, I ran 5 mins and walked 1 min, BUT I kept going for a whole 60 minutes and covered just over 7k. It was mostly against the wind too so I am quite pleased with that. I was going to try for 10 but my legs were going a bit rubbery by then and I thought I’d only end up falling. Nice soak in the bath and I was expecting to feel great but I am absolutely knackered. I’m glad I did all my jobs yesterday.

Mind you I have made 9 jars of Crabapple and RosehipJelly, 5 of Quince and Hawthorn Jelly, I’ve pickled several jars of onions, batch baked loads of cakes, and painted my sitting room wall where the tiling has finally been finished around what used to be the fireplace. So I suppose I’ve been pretty busy in the last week. I think it will be Netflix and cats for the rest of the day. 🤣🙀😹😸😻

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

You have been a busy bee 🐝 and then gone and done 7k on top of all that, no wonder you're knackered! But honestly, well done, that's really good going 💪🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️Now, time to relax, put your feet up and enjoy some cuddles with your kitties 🐈🐈☕

[limberlou Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

I always seem to be a busy bee. I say to my daughter sometimes “ oh I’ve done sod all today. What a waste of a day!!” And she’ll say “ well you’ve cleaned the house, weeded all the back garden and driven to the dump to drop off the green waste, then you cooked lunch for us, we went for a 5 mile walk and picked loads of blackberries, then you came back and made blackberry and apple crumble and because you’d got the processor out you made a couple of quiches, cheese straws and jam tarts and now you are sat down with a cuppa but you are still crocheting a flipping blanket” .

“Well yeah but I’ve not DONE anything much!! “

I retired nearly 2 1/2years ago and cannot get used to having time to just relax.

[Sybilw Graduate10]

Wow that’s the definition of productive! I have to say that your running sounds very like a period I went trough last year. I wasn’t managing to keep running, I was walking several times in each session and kept to short runs. Well done on keeping going to 7! To be honest I never worked out why but it eventually passed. Hope it’s the same for you.

[limberlou Graduate10 in reply to Sybilw]

I’m hoping it will pass. I was so happy when I’d built back up after my virus end of 2019/beg of 2020. I got up to 5k again comfortably after a nearly 4 month break and then cantered on to 10k again quite happily. But then when my hip was really bad I lost heart and, even though that is a lot better now, my asthma is much worse. I was hoping all that lovely summer would have helped it improve but it didn’t.

I find myself breathless just walkjng about doing day to day tasks which puts me off a bit although strangely my breathing is ok once I’m running.,it’s my legs and stamina that fail me.

I’m going to keep going though and I have signed myself for a virtual medal run for Armistice day too so although I COULD just do 5k and still get the medal I will push myself to 10k and think of my grandad who fought in both wars and all those others while I run.

[Sybilw Graduate10 in reply to limberlou]

What a great cause and a good thing to motivate you. Good luck.

[Roxdog Graduate10]

You sound like a very busy woman! Well done for your run. I do think people are weary and those of us who are driven to run during these odd times are feeling it a bit. It seems so important for so many reasons. Certainly I think I would now be quite low without my runs. Well done you and of course any kind of run, short, long, jeffing, or whatever is so positive.

[limberlou Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

There were just so many berries in the hedges this year and I’ve always disregarded Haws ...and rosehips (I usually just make a batch of syrup) and I concentrate on blackberries and elderberries but this year I picked crabapples and then was given quinces too so I combined them and made two batches of jelly. My first attempt and they have turned out really good. Haws are supposed to be good for strengthening your heart and lowering blood pressure. And Rosehips are packed full of Vit C so good excuse to have toast and jelly or scones or...... 😜

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

You are a busy woman limberlou, but its good to keep busy . Well done on the 7k. 👏👏👏

What are you watching on Netflix? I've just finished watching ' Friends ' for the millionth time and I'm now watching Working Mom's, again

[limberlou Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

I’ve been watching Good Girls with my daughter when she comes round. But I do watch a lot of stuff on Amazon Prime too. I can never remember what I’ve watched things on... Ive watched Unforgettable, Jack Ryan, Librarians, Luther, Killing Eve, Dune ( the series not the film), Blood Ties.... loads of stuff

Oh and the whole series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer again. Was all set to watch Angel and it wasn’t on there when I looked.

[Lifluf Graduate10]

Well you're not sitting around doing nothing are you. I definitely have a slower day if I run in the morning but you seem to be charging around afterwards.

7k is a good distance. I know when I first started I never thought I'd manage 5k. And you're doing a lot more than all the couch potatoes.

Well done with your run. It's good to do it in a way that's comfortable and enjoyable.

[limberlou Graduate10 in reply to Lifluf]

Yeah. I used to think if I didn’t run the whole thing I was “ cheating” but it’s not really. It’s not as though I’m running professionally/ I’m just running for me