What is this weather like?? Icy winds on the cheeks, frozen pavements and white crispy grass!! Ooo it was cold this morning, but the sky was beautiful and it’s the 6th Jan which means run 6 of RED January...I hitched a lift in the van with DaddyCav seeing as I’ve no school run to do and he dropped me off about 4k from home..high up on the hill, the wind must’ve liked the taste of my cheeks because it was biting them hard!!! But...me being me...I was in my shorts, t-shirt and thin running jacket (the latter of which never stays on beyond the first 1k)...I warmed up for an extra couple of minutes after I’d jumped out of the van...the paths were white so it looked like the run would mostly be on the roads, unless I wanted to slide home!!
I faffed about getting something good going in my ears and when I looked up, the view was amazing, the fields were so white they made the sheep look filthy! The clouds were beautiful colours of white, gold, lilac and yellow as the sun pushed its way into the day...the roads were quiet on the first half of my run but as I got nearer the town the traffic was getting busier...over the motorway bridge I glanced over the edge at the cars and wagons going about their daily business and wondered how much the lives of the people inside them had changed...just like so many of us...our lives have changed for ever...but I’m not talking about what’s going on in the world at the moment, I’m talking about my life since I found running, or running found me...I’m not sure which way round it was!!! Who is this person running on the road in shorts and t-shirt in the frost, ice and biting winds???? Flippin ‘eck, it’s me!!
So irregardless of what’s going on at the moment, the biggest change in my life has been running...I know we’ve all had to change and adapt to what’s going on but this is short term whereas running, well, I think I, for one, will be running much longer than all this will be around for and I know I’m not the only one...I love it!!
Happy running everyone
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Very inspiring post Mummycav . Quite a picture you painted too. Life has changed in many ways but like you say the constant is running. Good for you, liberating and more to the point free. Wish I'd valued it years ago. Well done on persevering with the shorts. Seasoned runner 👍👍
You’re right, I felt free...but I often have that sense of freedom when I’m out there doing my thing...running is def liberating and that’s just what we all need...there’s method in my madness you know..wearing shorts means my legs get that cold I can’t feel what they’re doing!! 🤣🤣
Life's a changing but for how long? Piece of string maybe!?!
Sadly where I used to see the odd Mcdonald's wrapper on my towpath runs, now it's face masks thrown away!!!! Please please don't, these are actually infectious rubbish, either bin them or burn them
Luckily we're allowed exercise that's something to be cheerful about definitely.
Mummycav!!! Faf time could be minimized if one chose to run naked, just a thought 🥳.
My nights are pretty much within one of those said vehicle's you mentioned though thankfully not on the motorways so much anymore pheweeee, we've worked throughout, so for that I'm thankful, home schooling is the new norm, bedrooms are classrooms etc.
I'd momentarily think what if I'd run earlier, but nah I did on random occasions, but now the time is right, or I was right for it..... And long may it continue 🤞
Oh I know, discarded masks are everywhere, it’s ridiculous..what is the point??? It’s like dog poo in bags hung on fences?!! Honestly...does my box in...As for running ‘naked’...I’ve tried it a few times but hearing myself wheezing puts me off!!
Home schooling here too which I find so hard to implement unless it’s something they love doing!! Good to hear you’ve been able to carry on working, my hubby is a plumbing and heating engineer and way back in March had to stop working and that lasted 16 weeks...we enjoyed being at home with the kids for so long so much!!
I’ve often wished I’d have found running earlier, maybe when I lost my Mum...but my youngest was newborn and I had two toddlers so thinking about it, it wouldn’t have worked without me having all three of them hanging off me 🤣🤣
When I was at high school I was the fastest runner in school at 100 metres but that’s my only relationship with running because when I left school I was in a motorbike accident and smashed my kneecap so no running since then...until I found C25K 3 years ago amd I haven’t looked back since 😉
WoW yooz were a sprinter of some talent 👍, our athletics at school was pants from what I remember 🧐, very much girls played tennis etc boys did rugby,,,ouch and that football thing 🤦,
I found my sports after school definitely squash love it enjoy it brilliant. But limited time, enter the running malarkey, needing no partner, no set time table ✅ kapow, it's so simple to get up and go 🙂
And we see so many people out running now, on my 5 minute drive home from work today (yes I know i can walk it but not with all the files i have to keep with me) I saw 6 people running which is uplifting in itself because a year ago I wouldn’t have expected to see one
I know what you mean, I live on a main road and I have never seen as many runners in the 14 years we’ve lived here as I have seen just this year!!! We won’t be able to get in the park when parkrun resumes!!! They might have to do it in two halves!! 🤣
By the time park run resumes I think people will be able to meet up in groups and inside and no longer have the need to run, we may return to pre lockdown number of runners , but it is good to see more people running especially in winter
Great post, and what you say about running changing our lives, is so true, and will be there, long after this horible virus!It sounded cold up there! 🥶🤣
I knew when I’d done the first run of week 1 that I was going to be hooked...when I did the 20 min run of week 5 that was it...and I’d found HU by then too so I wasn’t going no where!! I had so much encouragement I feared if I stopped someone would come and hunt me down!! 🤣🤣
It's funny, that w5r3 20 mins is such a big hurdle, and the feeling after, well, we all know that, and how good it feels, and with all the covid news, we need something to be possitive about right now! 🏃♂️🏃♀️
Thanks orangeguy ...hope you’re doing well?? One thing that hasn’t stopped is my running...even if we weren’t allowed out for exercise I’d find somewhere to run! I’d be like a hamster on its wheel somewhere!! 🤪
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week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
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