Fabulous450 Running Out of Steam! 🥱❤️

[Fabulous450]

Hi Runners

Firstly let me start by being totally transparent...I’m jealous of you all🏃🏻‍♂️ 🏃 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃..in the nicest possible way !!.... 😂

I started a new job 7 weeks ago and I’m very closely involved in responding to the pandemic, as well as leading on ‘business as usual’. Well...it’s my dream job in lots of ways, but it been exhausting 😬.

Getting in my runs started off ok as I went out early in the morning ⛅️ , so not being able to get up from behind a desk for 9 hours or more without a break was actually ok 👍🏽 . As it got darker, I substituted with a short HIIT session and promises to start earlier and earlier so I could finish and get out for a run before it gets dark. Well...that plan failed! 😣 I did get two very short runs in this week.

I have got about 2 weeks of steps to add to LEJOG so I have no idea where I am now. Apt I think! 💭 🤔.... I’m too tired to think of a solution. 😂

So...for now, I’m going to have to go with the flow. That doesn’t mean no running by the way. Sgt Major Garmin is having none of that 💂‍♀️..🤨! It just means creating some boundaries so that I can get some me time back! 🤓

Until then...as always...happy running Runners!! 🦾❤️

P.S. Oooh...loving the new reply options!! You know I love an emoji!! ☺️❤️

[CBDB Graduate10]

So good to see you on here. I’d been missing your updates!

Hope you find a way to find enough time for yourself! And so, so we’ll done for keeping up with running AND your new job!

You’re amazing!! 🏅🏆👏

Wishing you a relaxing Sunday! 👍🏽👏👌🏼

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Thanks so much CBDB!! 🤗 You all make it so hard not to miss running! Keep on being amazing! Happy running to you!! 🤗❤️

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Going with the flow sounds great Fabulous450. Just enjoy being out running when you can 👏👏🤗

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks so much Buddy34!! 🤗 I’m certainly going to try to make some adjustments. ❤️

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Starting a new job is bound to create havoc to your routine Fabulous, and more so if it’s related to the pandemic. I think a lot of people also find it difficult at this time of year. So just do what you can , when you can and maybe get a run in at the weekend if you can.

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks so much Dexy5! Yes, it’s definitely the reduced opportunity with darkness that makes it much harder. If nothing else, I think I will conquer winter running this year 🙌🏽, because I’m happy to go out whatever the weather! I will carry on just doing what I can! 🦾❤️

[Slinkymalinki Graduate10]

Good to hear your news. With a new demanding job plus the dark and cold, I think you're doing marvellously to fit in any kind of fitness! I can only manage one run a week until the term finishes but that's better than nothing. We have to snatch any opportunities we can. Hope you'll get a decent amount of time off at Christmas to recharge your batteries. 🤗

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Slinkymalinki]

Thanks so much Slinkymalinki!! 🤗 I’m having a couple of days just before Christmas. I’m straight back to work afterwards, but I am planning to take advantage of everyone else, hopefully, relaxing at home! 😁😉❤️

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

😀Hey it’s good to read your post, it’s hard to fit running round work Take care of yourself

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Hey WillowandSola!! 🤗🤗 Thanks so much. It’s been hard to fit life around work 😂, but I’m going to have to sort that out. ❤️

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

A new job is always hard.And if you are dealing with the pandemic in your job that makes it quadruply hard so kudos to you just for that!

We do whatever we can, whenever we can, and that's all we can do.

Happy running 🏃‍♀️

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Birdlady64]

Thanks so much Birdlady64! 🤗 I have continued to go out, but it’s getting fewer and shorter. I guess some of the frustration is there because I want to and in the winter...😮 and something else is happening instead. The balance...I guess is in not being too rigid about it 💡😁❤️

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

You are superwoman Fab. I don’t know how you manage to run at all in the winter with a job as full on as yours. 👊

Keep doing what you’re doing! You’re amazing! 💥💥💥

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Ah thanks so much Cheeky!! 🤗 The situation moves so fast. So many other people are in this with me too 🤝. I feel I’m just a welcomed addition to the ability to respond. They’ve all been working like this for close to a year. Massive kudos to them all! 🏅

I’m just acutely aware that I need to find some gaps and headspace to refuel. It’s quite hard not to keep thinking and planning, even when you’re supposed to be ‘off-line’. It’s like being on alert 24/7. I’m working on it Cheeky, so that I can be of the best help. I think I’ll take that thought on my runs this week! 🦾 Thank you all for the space to share!! You’re such wonderful VRB’s! 🤗❤️

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Don't be too hard on yourself ! You can't do everything ! Well, not without a burnout !

You will find your compromise, it may take time but you are doing what you can when you can .

I also find it hard to fit in my running around work and winter, but I do still run when I can .

But I try not to let it stress me out .

Sometimes that is the hard part .

I'm sure you will get there (to JOG)

When you can 😁👍

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Ah thanks Instructor57!! 🤗 I am definitely trying to adjust! I guess the trying and seeing it as not working has got the better of me, rather than seeing it as testing the water about what will work. Great idea! 🤓

Thanks so much! 🤗❤️

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Good news on your new job, but it can be challenging to get runs in, especially when it's always dark outside working hours!Lunchtime can work for a short run though, as long as you actually get a lunch break!

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

🤗🤗 Thanks so much Roxdog!! I did have a very cunning plan to go out at lunchtime 🤓, but there hasn’t been any lunch time! 😂!! I’m going to make some adjustments though, because burnout really doesn’t work in anyone’s favour!! 😁❤️

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

I'm in a similar boat, lucky to get a break! We'll have to have a plan!

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

I agree!! I even tried blocking out lunch time in my diary! Well, let’s just say that trial continues!! 😂😂

However... 💭..🤔 it may be only us that’s adjusting and if you keep go against your boundaries...well when you think about it, its not a temporary adjustment and it will continue.

Cunning plan?...’No’ to no lunch 🍱 ! It’s run/eat and/or recharge time during daylight hours.

I’m going to check my diary now, but are you in for this 7 day challenge Roxdog? ❤️

[Roxdog Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

I'm definitely into blocking out my diary and accepting that I may have to do runs in the dark, but don't really love road running!

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

Same here!! 🤝 Love the parks, but that’s a no, no for me in the dark!! 😂😂❤️

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Congratulations on the new job. You're doing the right thing creating those boundaries, happy running indeed. 🤗

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks so much Grannyhugs!! 🤗 It’s rare that I’m so totally out of energy, even when I’m super busy. I know I need to take time to refuel and that’s what I’m going to do! 😁❤️

[Slothgoesrunning Graduate10]

Congrats on new job. Adjusting routines can be hard but easier when you have the will and the fitness to just go when you can without being too hard on yourself. Maybe even tell Sgt Major Garmin to do one for a week and just enjoy something else each morning instead that easier to fit it (15 min yoga)? Just an idea - hope you find time for you whatever you do.

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Slothgoesrunning]

Thanks so much Slothgoesrunning! 🤗 Sgt Garmin has been in a sulk for a couple of weeks, but I have done a bit. I did fit in a couple of mornings of 5 minutes HITT, but even that used to be a bit of a daily wake up routine, never mind the runs. 😳... 😂

I guess tiredness just continued to creep into the next day. Ohhh...but I’ll figure it out somehow! 😁❤️

[Over62]

Great to see you posting Fabulous450 just as you say go with the flow the shorter days are difficult to manage with family life and work. Add your 🪜steps in and find out where you are and go from there, 🧭a few checkpoints along the way will lead to longer lighter days 🌞to come.

Happy running 🏃🏻‍♀️

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Over62]

Thanks so much Over62!! 🤗 I will add my steps soon!! Who knows I might just be in for a surprise LEJOG postcard!! 🇬🇧...that would be brilliant too!! 😁😁 Onwards we got! 🦾❤️

[Sybilw Graduate10]

Happy to hear from you Fab. It’s a mental struggle to accept your limitations I suppose. Perhaps it’s easier to accept we’ll never run 5k in 30 min than accept we can’t do all the things we want/need to do. The trick must be to embrace that limit which it seems you have. Very sensibly!! WYC WYC should be everyone’s mantra in winter - what you can, when you can! Happy running to you.

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Sybilw]

Hey Sybilw!! 🤗🤗 I like it! WYC/WYC 🥰!! We do create our own dialogue and I like yours a lot better, so I’ll be having a different chat with myself!! 😂😉❤️

[Sybilw Graduate10 in reply to Fabulous450]

Glad to help!! ☺️

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Good to have you back Fab450! Think you’ve got things right - time to just go with the flow and manage your runs as and when you can. We’ll look forward to your posts when you can do them and in the meantime - happy running!

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Thanks so much Oldgirlruns!! 🤗 I do need to be a bit gentler on myself. I’ve achieved a lot this year really 😁, but it’s so important to have some time to relax and enjoy it too. ❤️

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Faberoooooonie!! Most importantly, look after you. The rest can then follow. Slow progress is still progress. This year I got a chest light and go after work and it really helps me separate work from my relax time. I personally don't like runs before work. Remember, whatever you're doing is enough 😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks so much GTFC!! 🤗 I bought a headlight a couple of years ago, thinking this is the answer!...it wasn’t my cup of tea. 😂 Though I’ve noticed how much brighter the roads are at night with the new smart street lighting.

We should never say never I guess. 💡..,Maybe a chest light would be different 😁. A lunchtime run would be great, but I’m not the quickest at getting changed! 🤯...let me just stop planning...😳! It’s making me tired...😂 😂😂❤️

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Working hard. Hope you can find times for your runs, maybe as the days lengthen again?

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Thanks so much BTP!! 🤗 I think I’ll be fine once I let go of thinking about it for a moment and just rest 😉! ❤️

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Hi Fab450, just wondering how you’re doing, and if you managed to get a rest over Xmas? All the best, Baddie

[Fabulous450 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Hey BTP!! 🤗 Thanks so much for checking in! A very short break from 23rd, which was filled with preparing for my youngest 18th on the 24th! 😂 I was back to work yesterday, but only one more day and then I get to rest without any plans. 😉

I went back out for a short this morning! Still need to work on fitting it all in 😳, but I’m trying to get this mind and body into the right mode for 2021! 💪🏽😁❤️