enjoying: taking delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion).

[AnneDroid]

I'm currently re-doing C25k. Next run will be Week 5 Run 3 - yikes - but I've done it before so hopefully...

Anyway, I can't believe how much I'm enjoying it. I had forgotten about enjoying it. I wasn't enjoying it the last time I tried to do it, or the time before that, because I wasn't as recovered as I thought I was from a health problem.

But I'm enjoying it.

As I drive home from work I think, "Oh it'll be great to be able to run that route again. Hopefully it will be soon", and other such thoughts.

I'm enjoying it, and a big part of the reason that I'm enjoying it (did I mention I was enjoying it?) is the GENIUS that is the NHS C25k plan. It pushes you but doesn't defeat you.

I saw this picture today and it made me smile. In my case it's not so much explaining to other people. It's like my body is sighing and saying to myself, "AnneDroid, let me explain AGAIN why you run".

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

...but are you actually ENJOYING it, though??!!😉😀

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Love it Annedroid...😄xx

[sallenson Graduate]

That is a lovely owl. Owls are the best.

There's some bit of psycho-babble that differentiates between things that you enjoy while you're doing them (eating cake, shopping, possibly sex) and things that you only enjoy afterwards in retrospect.

A lot of people on here fall into the "Type 2" category; it takes a while to get to "Type 1". But sounds like you've cracked it.

Did I say I really really like the owl?

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

Oh I wish you’d just spit it out and say how much you enjoyed it! 😅😅😅

I agree, I loved it and I enjoy running in general. I have an odd phenomenon though, which is the immediate runner’s high, followed by disappointment that I have to wait 2 days until the next one! Bonkers! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️