Solstice Run, running towards the light

After an illness induced 8 days break from running I was so excited to get back out there today, all those ‘miles in the legs’ were still there, just as you’ve said. I Bingo-ed my way around a chilled 5k, counting sparkling Christmas trees, listening to heart warming Carols, and came home to the mornings baking for my Christmas treat; mince pies and a glass of ginger wine.

The Winter Solstice is a favourite moment in the seasonal calendar for me and I think it’s worth mentioning that despite all the bad news and disappointments at the moment for so many of us, from today ( for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) we are heading into the light again, out of the darkness and so with this message of hopefulness I want to say Happy Solstice to all my awesome VRB’s.

I’ve become very behind with everything this week and haven’t been able to respond to everyone as I would have wanted and may have missed your celebrations or offering commiserations, but to you all, each and every one, thank you, very very well done, stay hopeful and above all keep running.

🤗🎄

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Thank you for a lovely uplifting and positive postHope you enjoyed your mince pies and ginger wine

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great you're feeling better and got out to run. Mince pies and ginger wine look delicious 😋 😊😊🎄🎄

[CBDB Graduate10]

Oh, great! You managed to do a fabulous run. Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I did mine! 🙏👍🏽🏃🏻‍♀️👏

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Happy solstice to you too, light at the end of the tunnel. Shame about the clouds blocking the star of Bethlehem tonight though but we know it was there. Happy running now you are recovered

[Hidden in reply to Grannyhugs]

Indeed I was looking forward to going for a walk in the dark to see it, probably won’t be around next time 🤣🤗

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a lovely reason to run and those treats look yummy, wishing you a happy Solstice too and hoping you go towards the light with health

[dijep Graduate10]

Lovely positive post on this Solstice day. I'm glad you found you still had your running legs ☺️🏃‍♀️Your mince pies look delicious, I made Solstice biscuits, they'd be so good with some of that ginger wine 😋

[Hidden in reply to dijep]

😋😚

[Runjilly Graduate10]

What a lovely post jprgeRuns,, so uplifting thanks for that😊 Well done on your run after being poorly. Those mince pies look so scrummy 😉

[Roxdog Graduate10]

What a lovely post. Heading into the light indeed! A few chilled 5ks sounds good to me.

[Hidden in reply to Roxdog]

yes, it’s good to remember when we go out alone that we’re all running together 🤗🎄

[Smile23 Graduate10]

Thank you for your lovely meaningful words. Its true we are leaving the darkness behind😁let us celebrate that and use our collective love of running to run into the light and hopefully a better year😁now where do i find those mince pied and ginger wine???

[Hidden in reply to Smile23]

So good to know we run alongside each other 😃 🤗

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

That’s lovely JR, thank you. 🥰 This year has been beyond horrible, and I will be mighty glad to see the back of it

You’re right, each day now will be just a tiny bit longer, heading for spring. 🙏🏻 Let’s all get through winter together and look forward to a cheerier 2021.

Your mince pies look yum by the way! 😋🎄 Merry Christmas!

[Hidden in reply to cheekychipmunks]

🤶🤗🤗

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Happy Solstice to you too, it's great that you were back out running on this very special day 🎄

[Hidden in reply to Beatlesforever]

....and today a little more light and hopefully less rain ☔️ 😃🤗🎄

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Yum yum, your mince pies look lovely. Hope you had a happy solstice- I’m certainly looking forward to the days drawing out.

[Hidden in reply to Dexy5]

I think I need to bake another batch already 😋 oops 😬 🤗

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I bet!