Hello family,
Sorry for late up-date. I did the run yesterday, but was too late to write straight afterwards and later... Well later life happened.
I did barely wake up thinking why exactly am I doing this? Well, I knew why, but as I am on the transition time and my body didn't adjust, I can't feel (yet) all the mental benefits that I long so much.
Nevertheless, I put my clothes on, did the lazy warm-up, put my shoes on and off I went. I knew I need to shake it all a little, so I changed the route for more dementing for feet - the canal route. It was dry, so it was safe to run there. And Oh My Running Gods... The morning calmness, the still water, singing birds, sun waking up, the cool breeze from my 'speed' (no outside air movement), 3 optimistic 'good mornings' and 1 'what a lovely day, isn't it?' passer-bys. I almost forgot that I am doing some running. I felt that the running gods are close. They weren't with me, but I know where they were hiding from me - in the nature. Of course! Silly me, I thought they were waiting for my regular 3x a week runs or longer runs, but no they were waiting out of sight, where so little people are walking (especially at 5.30am - yes, I cannot wake up for a proper 5am run, so less warm-up, less stretching, less shower and cools down time).
Now, I can blamelessly start running twice a week (Mon and Thur) waiting for my body to adapt before I'll jump into 3x regular runs. I don't need to stress, I need to relax and enjoy
Happy running!