Going round in circles

[Hm7676]

As a rather overweight middle aged woman, I struggled with week 1. I panted harder in those jogs than when I gave birth.

I decided to shake things up for week 2 and jog round a park. I drove to the park and went through my usual rigmarole to psyche myself up; headphones on, hood over face so that no one recognises me etc and started my brisk walk. I was about halfway through when I realised a dog was barking at me, and I jumped out of my skin. I had forgotten that people walk dogs in parks, and I don’t like dogs. That ruined it. Headphones off, so that I wasn’t caught by surprise again, and I jogged back to the safety of my car. But I couldn’t leave because I was only halfway through the run! I ended up jogging in circles round my car. Thank goodness my hood was over my face. Imagine if someone saw that? Some fat bird running in circles round her car at a park?!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Welcome!

Wow! I look back and so many of my runs were uneventful... here you are having a heck of an adventure already.

You faced a lot there, for one run. Well done... I think the majority of people would have got in the car. Running around it is brilliant. Job done, run complete. You’ve got a level of determination that will serve you very well in running. Great job.

[Hm7676 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks! I did think about getting in the car, especially as I’m scared of dogs, and these ones weren’t on leads (unpredictable dogs, even worse). It ended up being like a really bad game of musical chairs where I tried to get back round to the drivers side of the car as fast as possible!

[Samry33]

I can relate to that so much! I spend most of my time working out the best time and outfit to wear so no one recognises me. I end up running at night which probably isn’t the best idea. Why do we care what other people think!

[Hm7676 in reply to Samry33]

I also prefer night running (shall we call it camouflage-running?) but if there’s a 1/2 price balaclava sale anywhere I’ll let you know!

[Liz5K Graduate]

That made me laugh. Well done for not giving up and completing the run!

[Hm7676 in reply to Liz5K]

Thanks Liz x

[Tartancat Graduate]

What a wonderful image, you've got me chuckling! And well done for completing the run under extreme circumstances 🏃‍♂️😊

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