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Thank you Lauren Laverne!

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The last few times I've run it's felt like really hard work. Admittedly it was a stressful week but it's demoralising to think that each step is going to be an effort. I even used the excuse of 'weather' to not run on Saturday and Sunday. All a bit of a downer.

Today I woke up determined to run, or rather the alarm woke me and I switched it off and went back to sleep for an hour and a half and then woke up determined to run.

Made a coffee and drank a couple of glasses of hot water, did some dynamic stretches and we set off. There was a chilly easterly so Mr OBK ran away on his own to warm up. As he retreated into the distance I decided to listen to some music so tuned in to BBC 6 Music, Lauren Laverne. Good move! The first track I heard was 'Champion' by Warpaint (never heard of them before). The gist of the lyric was 'I'm a million years old, I'm a champion' which was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. Then it went on to 'Breathing in, breathing out, and here it is I got you'. How perfect was that? I slipped into a rhythm, faster than I've been running lately but as long as I ignored what the heartrate monitor said it felt pretty effortless.

My plan was 5k but half way through I decided I could do more. It was wonderful to be out in the fields again, not too much mud apart from one short stretch where we had to cut alongside a field. I was happy to see sheep in a field that was fenced off just before I went away.

We cut along the sea wall and ran back home, taking a detour to bring the length of my run up to 7km, and husband's up to 8km as he'd run back to me half way through so covered a greater distance. I could have gone further but don't like running on pavements. It was such a relief to feel like this at the end of the run.

So thank you Lauren, you've put me back on track!

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Well done! I like the song, just added it to my playlist

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BeatlesforeverGraduate10

Brilliant, well done! 👏👏👏😀💪 Music is so powerful isn't it, love it 😁

Well done 👏

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Mormor1Graduate10

Love running to ceilidh music here.. It just makes me want to dance along...it's on a program that records from the Shetland.

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What a good run! and good music too, bet you felt happy all day after that

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