on to week 7! And other achievements.

[icklegui]

Hello all!

Last few runs have been dodgy - well, either the run has been dodgy or the mood in between has. But today I feel like I've come out of a tunnel.

As I may have mentioned about eleventy times I suffer from depression and this is intertwined with work and general life issues - chicken and egg / vicious cycle of course as when one gets worse so does the other. It's been awful lately as I have been waiting for some important news.

So I planned to do a run today, knowing it would improve my mood or at least clear my head for a while and tire me out. I knew also that the gap between the previous two runs had made me lose a bit as the first-week aches seemed to come back (or I'd been doing stretches in my sleep), so I didn't want to slip further away from my mojo.

However, I received the news today - and it was good, the best I could have hoped for!! And so I went out for today's run unexpectedly already on a high. I even managed to drag boyfriend out into the park, he sat down to see to some emails while I ran off into the distance. It wasn't as beautiful as Friday and my discovery of newly-mown-grass-scented roads, pine trees and a lovely sunset, but it was amazing, even that last 5 minutes that definitely went on for ever, and the little aches that reminded me my fitness isn't all that yet. I gave extra attention to my post-run stretches, even looked ridiculous and embarrassing the boyf as I lay down on a bench for the lower back stretches.

Top soundtrack too - super corny running track of the day has to go to "Ain't no stopping us now" (McFadden and Whitehead). We're on the move, indeed...

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

Yey...great post..encouraging for some on here today that don't always feel up to it or are just not in the right frame of mind...hope they see this post, I'd hate them to miss out on running wen they just need a little push x

[icklegui Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

Aw thank you! I'd push them to read so many other posts though, like so many of yours!

My run last week was a better example of being really down, not running for a few days and then just having a lovely, beautiful run, finding nice surroundings that were just a few minutes away and I'd just never reached them before. But honestly the days before that run, mid-last week, I did wonder whether the C25K was going to fall by the wayside like so many other things I'd started. That Friday run made me realise I had the strength to keep going and to stick at something, which in turn meant I absolutely planned to do this one and was going out at 6pm no matter what.

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to icklegui]

Brilliant...determination...that's what it takes...

We all have our ups & downs...it's important to share them....especially the downs because they're when we feel most alone & it's easy to give up, we think we're the only ones feeling that way, but we're not...every run has been difficult for at least one person...& if the person that's feeling low reads about someone else feeling exactly the same they don't need any other encouragement...so we all need to keep on posting & sharing our highs & lows x

[Hidden]

You did it, you out ran the black dog...

Ain't no stopping indeed...

[icklegui Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Out ran him, yes! That door's still open so I know he can come back. But if I can craft a routine and stick to it, he'll stay away. So my promise for tomorrow - get up early, get a good day's work in, and do some yoga or S&F in the evening.

[Hidden in reply to icklegui]

Good promise

[icklegui Graduate in reply to Hidden]

oh it sounds such a simple promise, but...

[Charlottefc87 Graduate]

I'm so pleased for you, this is lovely to read. Very helpful for lots of us at the moment who have been misplacing that blasted mojo and having gremlins sneak in. Thank you and we are definetly on the move!

[icklegui Graduate in reply to Charlottefc87]

There's a lot of mojo-stealing gremlins at the moment. Nights drawing in, weather changing, back to school (I have so much respect for teachers) all can't be helping. But we can do this!

[61trying Graduate]

Amazing strength of mind and body, well done you. 👍