And what a good day to set this run on NRC.
Do others have 2 people in their heads? It’s a bit like left brain right brain and the dominant one for me is the analytical steady follow the rules one without much imagination or vision….my legs though seem to be ruled by the other part, the one that has vision, takes risks and has a wild imagination and oh did they argue today!!
We start off with, this is slow….doesn’t matter…..how far are we going……doesn’t matter let’s see what happens…..we’ll if it’s a short one you need to speed up…..just shut up and let me do this my way, the pavements are uneven, wet, muddy and leafy and I’m terrified of falling so I’m going slow! and i run on changing direction as the whim takes me, still not sure if this will be a 10 minutes there and back or a longer run, the drizzle is light the breeze is light here away from wide open spaces
Coach Bennett drops in every 90 seconds asking bests questions, what’s the best new song? Got to be Cold Heart Elton John, what’s the best decision you’ve taken this year? to continue running! back in autumn when we were barely getting out once a week and barely running for 20 minutes I did wonder whether it was worth it! and then of course, to continue to work, to retire in January I would have needed to resign in October and in amongst the Covid outbreak I was trying to manage and the extra hours that exhausted me, my brain was fighting about whether i was ready to retire or not, the final decision was not to retire but that’s probably more about not knowing what i’d do all day than anything else, people said, you could really build your running up you could run marathons! you could really work on your saxaphone get to play reallly well, you’d have time to knit and crochet more and I had this vision of every day for the rest of my life getting up going for a run coming home playing the sax then sitting on the sofa knitting and crocheting all day and that’s not what i want, all those things are precious because i have to fit them in when i can.
So on I run, not even got a shadow with me today as the rain comes down and the sky is grey, next question, what’s the best thing you’ve learned this year? that’s easy… not to really care, i’m slower than lots of runners i’d never win a race but I can keep going, my friend Jo who i started c25k with back at the end of summer is curled up on her couch with a bottle of wine and netflix again. When i ran with her I learned i can run faster for longer but actually if I slow right down I can keep going, don’t get out of breath and don’t need walking breaks.
So lots of questions answered, in between my sensible brain suggesting we turn off and keep it short and my daft legs suggesting we go the long way round and the legs won 🥇 today 6.58 k in over an hour and not one step walked, busy roads, quiet roads, seafront that was blustery and loads of cars, quiet side roads where it was just me.
Thank you for this forum and wishing everyone an amazing New Year and strong legs.
Sola xx
Willow took one look out the window first thing and declined to run, I don’t blame him but so glad I did
Goodbye 2021 bring on 2022
Magic plan Wk2, long run
First run of the year
Fabulous450 Goes Back to Old School “Out There, Don’t Care” Magic! 🏃🏽♀️❤️
