Finally a run!

[Yesletsgo]

We've now covered nearly 400km of the Seine's twists and turns, which is truly one of the most amazing things I've ever done. One of the few downsides is that we don't necessarily end up somewhere where you can run.

We were in the outskirts of Paris for the weekend and did a lot of walking. On Monday there were strikes which meant our train terminated 4 stops before we wanted to get off. A quick check of the map - only 4 km to the boat - yeah, a piece of cake. It's very different when you've been doing touristy stuff all day and are tired! Over 20,000 steps that day so I'm not exactly taking it easy.

Yesterday was a bit trying. I'd slipped getting onto the boat and landed on my most padded bit, thankfully. My hip sort of felt out of alignment. Normally I'd just do a few exercises and go for a walk, but we did10 hours in the boat travelling across Paris (so exciting and a bit scary) and I ached all over when I went to bed.

My body battery has been getting lower and lower but last night I had a great night's sleep after eating far too much pizza. We are currently in a marina next to a most beautiful park so today was definitely a running day. I was hoping that a run would sort everything out. Checked my body battery - 7/100. Oh well, I think we're all agreed that numbers mean nothing so off we went.

We set off across a lawn full of daisies. Ouch! My knee started to niggle painfully. Not running for a week and then sitting still all day yesterday is a recipe for disaster. I ran slowly, very slowly, and swapped the grass for a flat path which seemed to help. After a km or so it was fine. I think it's truly a case of 'use it or lose it'.

We did just over 3km and at the end I felt immeasurably better, as if my body had remembered how it was supposed to work. Magic!

Note to self: KEEP MOVING!!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

You aren't always in places you can run but you made the most of this park and it paid off

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Absolutely, it would have been a crime not to

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Good for you YLG. I bet it felt lovely simply being able to run, and your body will definitely have appreciated it. Looks lovely there. 😍

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

When I woke up this morning my body battery was on 95 so I think the run has done me the world of good!

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

This sounds so exciting! Glad that you got the run and even more glad that it all felt okay... yes... like a fine machine.. sit still too long and we may seize up!

Well done you and great pikkie !

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks, the run got rid of so many aches and pains, it has to be done!

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Sounds as though you’re really making the most of your travels YLG; run when you can and walk the rest!

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

The challenge is to keep active. We seem to be travelling in the boat for 8-10 hours a day so I insist on going for a walk when we reach our destination every day or else I think I'd literally seize up. We aim to alternate travel days with stopped days so it's a question of doing as much as we can when we're on dry land.

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

What a great place to be! Glad the run shook away some of the stiffness and aches. It’s amazing how moving can do that!

I have food envy reading about your big pizza dinner. I’d we weren’t so far in the sticks that delivery companies don’t cover us, I’d be very tempted to get one in!!!

Hope some more holiday runs come your way!

[Yesletsgo Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

I won't add to your misery by describing just how great the pizzas were, but take it from me, they were. If it's any consolation we are eating an awful lot of tinned/prepared food as I try and economise on gas usage as finding a replacement bottle can apparently be a bit of a faff. We compensate by having nice food if we're near a reasonable restaurant.

I need to do a bit more running to burn off all the calories, when the food is good it's great!