New shoes, new route, revised mojo..maybe

[Bonkersbrit]

Hi guys. Haven't been around for a while but I still remember the rules. New shoes, you have to post, with picture (they are Asics Gel Nimbus 18s if you are wondering).

My running has been, let's say patchy, the last few weeks. Anyone in same boat, all I can say is don't beat yourself up about it like I did.

I started this program like so many others, convinced I would never complete it. To my surprise I had an uneventful time as an undergraduate, no major injuries, a few minor mental wobbles, didn't repeat or miss any runs, and out the other end. I became a runner! 🏃🏼‍♀️Thanks I should say in no small part to my cyber running buddies here. That was the end of June. I should add that at the time and if you read my old posts, it felt far from straight forward!

Since then I have run, not three times a week, not always 5km but I have run. And I did a 5km road race on my birthday in August. But, and this is my point, at no time since then have I worried that I would loose it, not be able to run or finish the run ( all those things we worry about continuously in the first nine weeks) and I have always considered myself a runner ( maybe, a lapsed runner some days, but always a runner!!)

I was just reading a post about lost mojos, not sure if Jaccanrun was right about where they hang out, I think mine has been by the back door for the last couple of months but I was inspired yet again to get back at it, cos I'm not alone.

This forum is inspirational ( a much over used word these days, but really appropriate here). Even when you don't run, read and I promise you will never be a non-runner again🏃🏼‍♀️🙂

I start a new job tomorrow and fly out for training in another province on Sunday so I am hoping to do some, what's the expression? Tourism running? Will be sure to post.

I wish you all many happy hours of running

[Hidden]

Those are the Harry Potter broomsticks of the trainers world. And mojos like the smell of trainers.. kinky but true! Good luck in the new job, and enjoy the tourist running....

[Bonkersbrit Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I can't believe the word mojo is so recent. Feels like I've been using it all my life! Certainly all my running life!!

Wait! My new trainers don't smell, where will my mojo go now?

[Hidden in reply to Bonkersbrit]

The socks.... still kinky....

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Hi there.... great post.. great shoes... They are sassy!!!

Yep... you were always marked out as a runner...there are some folk on here who we know... will always run... we may lose touch for a while..but they always reappear...

I have always said that the mojos hang out with the gremlins.. usually under your running shoes... but you have not lost your mojo...it was taking a nap ...

Good luck with all that lies ahead... and we look forward to your post

[SueKen Graduate]

Nice shoes!

[Polly2810 Graduate]

Good luck on your new job...and I like the shoes!! I need some!!

[Bonkersbrit Graduate in reply to Polly2810]

Thanks

[Withitmum1 Graduate]

Well said as usual. Good luck with your training. Those shoes are so pretty! (Is this a haiku?) 🙄

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Same shoes as me Bonkersbrit...and yes, once you have done the plan properly, as long as you keep the running up to a certain degree its like riding a bike you know what to do and can easily build up your stamina again.😊.

Happy you are still running with us. x

[skysue16 Graduate]

great post, super new shoes (lovely colour!) and wonderful motivation 😀