As most of you know I’m a bit of an intermittent runner, I try but fitting running round work isn’t always easy, I admire the people who get up at 5am and run before work but i haven’t managed that so far, I come home from work most days thinking I’ll just go for a short run, walk in the door, Willow hands me a mug of tea and that’s it, sit down, get up cook dinner, eat and think should have gone!
My friend Jo who motivates me is keeping herself very safe because we have a Covid outbreak at work, and although we keep thinking we will be ok another member of staff tests positive, we’ve been doing daily testing since first week in October.
I also know no one should buy running shoes off ebay but these Brooks Glycerin 16’s jumped out at me, my thinking was if i can get them for under £20 at least i can try them out and see, I had a gait analysis last year and am a neutral runner so i bid in a mad moment and they turned up today, in very good condition too.
The fit is a little snug, I’m going to work later and won’t be back until tomorrow afternoon. Willow has gone out, I just had to didn’t I?
Out the door walk briskly down the road, time to run, after a few minutes I’m puffing a bit, glance at the watch to see my pace is fast for me, slow down, I blame The Stones who were screaming in my ears. Just a short run, 20 minutes of pure pleasure. I just ran round the roads, one foot in front of the other for 10 minutes and back again, that was nice, saw 2 people, one man said hello one didn’t, oh and the shoes? fab, I will buy new ones and it may be these, my feet are really warm.
Oh! the water? I’ve been making sure I drink an extra pint a day on top of my usual amount that usually has tea in it and it seems to be making a difference to my skin and my legs felt less heavy!
Have a great day all
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