Well...here I am... and yes... I am, despite all, still running, ( can you call it running )...and on the 18th December...I ran my NINTH Runniversary!
The post for that, was written the day after... and I intended posting it... but.. life has thrown all manner of things at Mr OF and I.... and so the post was delayed yet again.
I ran today.... and it was a good run. A grey chilly day and the air like pure ice, meant it was slow and not the easiest of runs... but... by the end of it... I was feeling better than when I began..
CB and I on a comeback run...I ran just before Christmas... and I did indeed feel that the end result was as stated in the photo !
I ran down and onto my fields... my go-to, happy place... and I needed that today... The fields did not fail me...
BUT...
This is the first time I have had the chance to post my run and this is a very, very short ramble!
So enough of today's run... I am posting here... my Runniversary post... much delayed, but still I feel worth posting... I hope you will forgive me x
Here goes : *******
“ My run should have been on the 17th, but, torrential rain, high winds and yet another appointment for the amazing Mr OF, put the top hat, or should I say, Christmas hat ,on that!
So, the day after the 17th, I intended, whatever the weather I would run! I woke in the early darkness to the sound of rain on the window. But my running gear was warming... the shoes were ready... my hat and gloves.. and after the usual morning cuppa and making sure Mr OF was OK, I was all set.
The rain had stopped, and stepping out into the quiet Close, the pavements glistened, rain slicked and shiny. I had decided just to run. To recreate, almost, my Graduation Run of December 17th 2015.
I was going to avoid the Old road, and lanes, as roadworks around the area, have meant diverted heavy traffic, and many drivers who are unaware of the narrowness of the location.
Off I went... feet echoing quietly as I made my way on... and goodness... was I surprised. I had expected that many folk would still be in bed on this dark wet day, but no; as in 2015, there were Christmas lights everywhere... shining from Meadows and porches; indoor and outdoor trees resplendent in colourful lights, arched porches outlined with green garlands and Christmas banners.... and peeping out, here and there, small Santa Claus figures, white bearded and jolly!
I ran, slowly, taking photographs , ( not great), en route, and as I ran, I reflected, on my nine years here. Beginning as a Newbie, Grey Snail...supported and encouraged from the word. Go, by the amazing Admins on the forum... Realfoodieclub , and my own dear, dear, Mentor, poppypug .
As now, the administrative team, much smaller then, were incredible. Encouraging and motivating, sympathizing and empathising!
I ran down and round and about, into the village... strangely calm and traffic free, past Narnia lamp-post and over the river bridge. My thoughts were of my many, many companions, ( virtual, even more so).
Those friends who have been with me from the off, new, old, and some, who have moved onto routes, beyond my sight. The thoughts came and went , the worries and the emotional stress dropping away as those thoughts floated behind me.
My nine years here on the forums, have been both a privilege and a joy...I bless the day I found them.... and I have to admit... that, as the run, short though it was, continued, feeling my body and my soul, relax, my shoulders drop and my familiar, happy pace taking hold, I did have a little weep.
Not an unhappy one, but one of grateful thanks.
I am still here, still running and still slow, still steady...but here.
A moment of realisation, an epiphany of positivity if you will, but it was a moment.
Here is to the next nine. “ *******
With Love and grateful thanks;
Oldfloss xxx
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