Well I was gutted when I listened to the news last night. My sons have be in self-isolation and I've been making all sorts of preparations so they could visit for Christmas and now Boris has put them in tier 4! I've only seen them once since March and have been hanging on to the Christmas meet-up to keep going. I went to bed last night really low.
When I woke up this morning it was still grey and cold and I'd slept badly, but I felt a real need to run. So run I did: up the really, really muddy tracks, along the soggy, uneven footpaths, across the fields and back through the village. Had the music on loud and did a bit of singing to the best bits and then the sun came out.
And, as I slowed and entered my drive, it dawned on me how much I have gained by being able to run. It's not the first time bad thing that has happened this year and running saved me then too. I hope it will be the upset but, if its not, I know what to do.
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I’m so glad to hear that you’ve found a way to deal with this that helps 👍🏃♀️🏃♀️ I’m sorry that you won’t be seeing your sons for Christmas but at least you can keep running 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🎄🎄🏃♀️🥳
I'm so sorry that you've been left feeling so rubbish after last night's announcement. But so glad that your run helped. I do love the sound of your route muddy and wild, splashing through puddles 😊Although the changes won't alter my plan, as a family we'd already decided not to meet up, I still felt very down yesterday. And like you after this mornings run I felt so much better.
Hope you are feeling a bit better after your run. It’s so disappointing for lots of people who had been looking forward to seeing loved ones. Will be so good when the vaccine is rolled out and everyone can safely meet up with each other again.
It was very tongue in cheek! He is probably my least favourite person at the moment. But I might not have got out there and had such a good run if I wasn't so upset 😏
Thanks Dexy5. Its tough times for a lot of us isn't it. I normally try to find a positive spin but I was struggling until I went out this morning. Now I'm just glad that my friends and family are safe and well and I can still run.
Not going into politics and all that, but I now see running as a form of political resistance !! ✊🏃🏻♀️ and I get great pleasure imagining that boris wouldn’t be able to outrun the zombies 🤭🧟♀️
Well done Lifluf, these are very strange times and we must all do what we can to get through them as best we can. I’m so glad we’ve got running and this lovely community to help us through.🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♀️
I’m no fan of Boris but it looks like there are better times ahead. Let’s all hope so, so we can get out there and enjoy life together again!😊👏👏
I was very down too - Mum (aged 92) now in tier 4 - not seen her since September and the slight hope of seeing her during the 5 day easing has now been quashed 😪I then thumped my way through 3k of intervals and inclines on the treadmill and at the end of that began to count my blessings.
She is safe and sound and long phone calls are her lifeline and it seems running is now mine.
Glad your run did the trick for you too 🏃♀️
Got a feeling my mileage will increase in the coming weeks 😉
Aww thanks. Yes, you’d think so but she housebound not in a care home and they have only just got round to giving her a flu jab because district/community nurses are in great demand.Anyway - hope you get to see your boys soon - and that we’ll all get better news soon.
Thank goodness we’ve found running and the lovely people here
Sorry that you won’t see your sons at Christmas. So glad the running helped though. Running helps me with lows, anxiety and when I have a lot on my mind. It’s amazing how good exercise can make you feel. It was just what you needed 😀👍🏻🏃♀️
Tier 4 is pants.Was planning Christmas lunch at mum and dads - would be only the second time since March we had eaten with them. Now I need to rumage in the freezer to cobble together a Christmas dinner.
We haven't seen the grandkids in over a year - they are in south wales.
This year has been crappy on so many levels but thank God we have all stayed healthy.
Running has been my saviour in these torrid times, along with all the fabulous peeps on here.
Glad you found some solace in your run today - we are so lucky to have that in our lives.
I'm sorry you sound like you're feeling it just like me. My grandchildren are in Singapore and one if them was born 3 months ago. No idea when I'll get to give him a cuddle. But we're all safe and running does take the edge off the isolation.
Aww so glad to hear you felt so much better after running. We were also feeling it yesterday. We've not seen most of our families in over a year. We were supposed to have Christmas with my sister and brother in law who we haven't seen since early September so it was a shock to be put in tier 4 all of a sudden. Stay safe x
Sorry to hear about your christmas plans, up the spout, glad your morning run, raised your spirits a bit. This year has just been so mad, unreal really, i was on furlough for 5 months, didnt actualy start running till sept, but feel so much better for it, mentaly, and physicaly. I'm lucky i suppose, as my 3 children will be with me, although when there at each others throats, well not so sure!!! 🤣I'm sure there will be alot of us, out running, christmas day morning! ☺
Well I wasn't planning to - I thought I'd be cooking a feast but I might be out there running too now. I'm sure you'll have fun with your children in the house. Happy running!
We set our plans out beginning of December and glad we did but my brother's have been all turned upside down.It's a tough time for so many - it's great to have a release like running we can use. I hope for a better 2021 overall but expect a bit of a bumpy start. Hang on in there 😉
So sorry to hear that you won’t be able to see your sons at Christmas after all. Like you I haven’t seen my family since March and it’s tough but it won’t be forever - we’ll get there eventually! In the meantime, enjoy those runs!
I feel your pain - we had planned to drive home to Scotland to see our son and other family members for the 1st time since July and had been excitedly counting down the days . Totally gutted is an understatement .Ran off some of the frustration this morning with an angry/speedy (for me!) 5k and agree it does help when you can lose yourself in the music and focus on the run. There must be lots of other grumpy runners out there this week - here’s to us all !!
Sorry to hear this it is all naff. It brilliant you went for a run . I broke my ankle badly in the lockdown in May and just started running again and doesn’t it give you hope for the future?We’ll all get through this I haven’t seen my mum who is 84 since September 2019 hopefully next year will be different
My Christmas plans have been put on hold also. Just me and my elderly father now. Thank goodness I found running about a year ago, never in a million years would I have thought I could crave getting out to run. It has been a life saver this year for me. I will definitely get out to run on Christmas day and walk my dog. And a couple more runs over the Christmas hols.
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