Panic Attacks, Pet Peeves, Nods, Hangovers & Bacon

[BirdyRose]

Hello there!

I am a bit late in the day with this post but I actually did my run at 8am this morning.

Doozer didn't come with me this time because he had a gig in London last night where he was force fed lots and lots of alcohol, got extremely drunk and lost in London. I wasn't there but a friend and I had to rescue him at 1:30am.

I didn't get to bed until 2:30am and didn't go to sleep till gone 3am.

I woke up at 7:30am. I didn't want to but I just did. I tried to go back to sleep by meditating but the sun was shining and I thought "I better get out there before it rains"

I was a little nervous to start my first run of 90seconds now... Especially on hardly any sleep at all.

Surprisingly though, my first 90 seconds went really well. I think its because I did exactly what I was told, I paced myself.

As I was doing that first run, there were two boys running towards me, in their running gear. One of them had a marathon shirt on and they were doing cartoon running, like how you'd expect two people in a horse costume to run. Is that normal? Is that what I'm going to run like at the end of this 9 weeks? Just wondering.

As the two boys approached me, they both gave me a smile and a nod so I waved back, but I'm not sure what the runners etiquette is. No one has ever nodded at me while they're running, or whilst I'm running before. Is there a special hand wave or nod or coded nod nod wave wink?

If anyone knows what the appropriate gesture is I'd like to know, faaanks!

I quite liked doing the 90 second runs at first because as I said I paced myself. The bit I struggled with this time is timing my breathing with my steps. It really confused me a bit because I don't know if I naturally breathe like that or if I breathe faster because I'm unfit... It was throwing me off my breaths so I stopped concentrating on it too hard but will try to work on it on my other two runs this week.

Pet Peeves!

I've discovered my pet peeve whilst running... Its when I run past someone who's SMOKING and accidentally inhale my own body mass in smoke. Next time I run past a smoker and I have nowhere else to go to get away from them I might just cough really loudly as I run past.

Oh and I made the mistake of thinking that I was on my last 90 second run when I wasn't. I don't know how it happened but I was getting tired and somehow miscounted so when I realised I had another run, I was not a happy Birdy! I actually really struggled with that last run, but I didn't stop even though I really wanted to. And it started raining a little. I didn't notice at first, so initially when the raindrops hit my face I thought I was crying. That's how hard I found the last 90 seconds 😂

Afterwards I took a brisk walk to the shops to get doozer some breakfast things. He's hungover so he needed to eat something really unhealthy, so I got bacon and eggs.

I thought I was feeling really good about the run. You know when you get a good little hit of adrenaline afterwards?

Well I stopped to take my photo for this post before it rains too hard then when I started walking again I suddenly started noticing the signs of a panic attack. My ears burned up, then I started feeling a little dizzy and I panicked then my stomach tied up in knots. I was quite scared.

Then I focused on breathing slow and told myself that this is an adrenaline rush. It feels the same as a panic attack sometimes because I have difficulty distinguishing between excitement and fear. They feel the same to me.

Somehow, I managed to pull out of it just by telling myself that and I put some really slow music on and walked slower on my way back and focused on the tasks ahead one thing at a time: Buy bacon and eggs. Make a cup of tea. Cook breakfast. Wake doozer up. Wash up. Etc. That settled me right down.

Does anyone else experience this sort of panic after a run?

Anyway it took me ages to get round to writing about today's run because I have set a jigsaw puzzle to order printed out of one of my paintings last night on my website and put it online and it went a bit mad this morning so I've just been filling out orders to make sure they arrive in time for Xmas.

If any of you want one the deadline for Xmas arrival is tomorrow.

Link is here:

birdy-rose-art.myshopify.co...

That's a cheeky plug isn't it?

Am I allowed to do that?

I've just done it anyway. It's there if you want one ☺ 👍

Please let me know your thoughts on the panic after running thing.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Sounds like a great workout, especially after a poor night's sleep.

To greet other runners it is traditional to wink in an exaggerated manner with the left eye, while putting the right hand on top of your head, palm forward, and waggling your fingers, while the left hand is raised to eyebrow level, palm down, fingers together, in a visor like salute. If you know the runner in question it is customary to utter the word "Bleugh!!" , otherwise just say "Hello, darling"

You can always smile as well.

Panic attacks/adrenaline rushes...........that is new to me, but if you cannot differentiate between fear and excitement then be warned, running in certain environments can be exciting...........or terrifying, depending on your interpretation.

As for commercial plugs on this site............. strictly prohibited. I know you aren't taking me seriously, so I will repeat that........... commercial plugs (apart from a few running related items) are strictly prohibited and you risk your post being taken down. I would suggest editing that bit out..........but otherwise, what a lovely post.

Keep running, keep smiling.

[BirdyRose in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Bluergh! 😂 😂 😂

Amazing. Well. I've already experienced actual fear whilst running when I nearly ran right into a massive wet dog poo once! 💩

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to BirdyRose]

.........and the same to you!

You should try running in fields full of cows...........

[Hidden]

Lovely post and what a kind person to rescue and then feed drunk/hungover BF!

When you panic, you have an adrenaline rush so that you can either fight or run away from the feared object (originally probably a sabre toothed tiger or similar), adrenaline is also produced by exercise.

I think that you are right to identify the reason that you feel that way- 'Why am I feeling this?- oh yeah, I have been running' and then recalibrating- 'this is my response to exercise I am not having a panic attack'- just like you did today. Have you tried the Headspace App? It is really good for mindfulness and meditation.

As for greeting other runners, I sometimes doff an imaginary hat

[BirdyRose in reply to Hidden]

Hey there, I am absolutely all over the HEADSPACE App been using it for over a month. It's helping my understand where a lot of my anxiety comes from and that my body is trying to protect me... By scaring the actual shit out of me from time to time 😂

Oh I really like the imaginary hat idea. I'll "doff" next time!

[Hidden in reply to BirdyRose]

Also when breathing fast it is easy to misinterpret this as hyperventilating due to anxiety. Running often makes me want to poop, again just like the fear response.

There are lots of people here who have found that running helps combat anxiety. Some runners don't acknowledge you at all- that I find very odd!

Good luck out there

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great running, against the odds too... force fed alcohol 😂😂😂

Keep up the good work

[Realfoodieclub Graduate]

One plug only. Any more and we would have to take it out. 😀

Interesting about adrenaline and panic attacks. I guess they both have higher heart rates. I know that I spent years hyperthyroid ( increased metabolism and heart rate) and my brain took a while to settle into understanding a high heart rate to be a positive thing rather than a negative one. Well done of reasoning yourself back round. Sounds like you had a great run on little sleep.

[BirdyRose]

You hit the nail on the head there - it's so hard to wrap my head around my heart beating fast, even if it is because I've just been running! 😂

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Btw - don’t try and emulate the running style of the 2 blokes you saw too early - in week 2 I tried copying two pony tailed girls who seemed to run with effortless grace, elegance and style - within 5 steps I pulled a calf muscle that took 10 days to completely heal 😆. I went back to following the instructions on this forum and have been fine since 😊

[BirdyRose in reply to Hidden]

OK so no cartoon/horse galloping then. Gotchya! 😂