This morning I completed my Graduation run...
That was quick!!!!
I honestly couldn't have asked for a better run. This has been my best run to date.
The weather was absolutely STUNNING.
Folkestone is now my new favourite place to run.
Running along the beach with the sun beaming down on me from bright blue skies is the best feeling ever, even on a cold January day.
I ran a total of 4.5k today. Its not quite 5k, but I have to consider that I was running AGAINST the wind for my entire run (it is really windy), up and down steps, and up hills too.
When I started this 9 week running course, I literally just wanted to stop laying around eating crisps and feeling rubbish, and having panic attacks, not sleeping at night and dreading the days getting shorter over winter.
That's all I wanted, was to try to see if something could snap me out of it.
One day, about a week after Doozer Graduated, I got up, and joined Doozer for a run.
When I first did it, I remember thinking how hard it was. 60 seconds running felt like a day and a half. I immediately wondered what the heck I've got myself into. I welcomed the 2 minute walking breaks and sometimes I wasn't even caught up on breath before my next 60 second run started, I plodded along anyway.
I completed that 8 times over half an hour. I was so bloody chuffed with myself. I couldn't believe it. I ran for 60 seconds, 8 times, and didn't die!
It started my day on a high.
I still can't believe I'm now running for 30 minutes straight including a 60 second sprint at the end.
Every other day, I start my day on a high, even on the days when I think I don't want to run, or on the days where the actual run itself feels a bit like a slog, there's no rhyme or reason to it, but one consistency is that every time I finish a run, I feel great. My mind is clear, my thoughts are quiet, calm and articulate, and I feel ready to take on whatever comes my way that day ๐ช
I still have work to do, I'm meditating, trying to focus on a better way of eating, drinking a TON more water. Keeping up with kickboxing training, painting, drawing, focusing on things that I love.
A few weeks ago I downloaded the same 10k app that Doozer is training on, and the NIKE Run Club app which is paired with HEADSPACE, the guided meditation app that I use.
I have no intentions of giving this up.
Why would I stop something that benefits me in so many ways? That makes NO sense. ๐ ๐ ๐
Graduating doesn't mean finishing.
This is just the start for me.
Thank you very much for all of your support, it's been bloody lovely having this space to come to. Im sure I'll still be popping in on here from time to time ๐
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