Yep, you guessed it. It was hot and hard work.
Yesterday, after hauling sacks of Horticultural grit about, and moving heavy terracotta pots that I had planted up, my back (which is never great at the best of times, having been blessed with scoliosis at birth, which ALWAYS leads to osteoarthritis) decided to go into spasm. I decided to ignore it, as it was fairly mild, and go to bed with my normal Codeine. Bad decision. Ten times worse in the morning, so decided to take a muscle relaxant. Great, except it spaced me out for the rest of the day.
Fast forward to this evening, when RB turned up. I had got changed, which helped to get me in the mood, but I still felt as if I was walking on a giant Dunlopillow.
We walked briskly to our rendezvous with the others, and I felt distinctly less than ready for running. There next followed some extreme faffage, setting up The Doobie Brothers, and my Fitbit, then off I went.
Boy, was it difficult. Despite having kept myself well hydrated, my legs hurt and my trachea burned. BUT, my back didn’t! 🤣 Anyway, I plodded along very slowly, occasionally singing along, and eventually it was time to stop. Nothing else to report, except that I never really found my stride or got settled into my breathing. Maybe it was the medication, the weather, a combination, who knows.
I didn’t perform brilliantly, or break any records, but I am glad that I went out there and did it. RB and I were both discussing how each run builds up muscle memory, plus the muscles themselves. It was another run under my belt, and (when I was saying how I wasn’t as accomplished as I was on Wednesday) as she pointed out, I am a runner. Yes, I am. Just like everyone else on here. Whether you have been running for ages, and are doing 10k, half marathons or marathons, or just starting out. We are all runners. We are making a huge impact on our health and well-being. So, if you are struggling, think you’re feeble because you can just run for 60 seconds before wanting a lie down, don’t feel bad. What you are doing is brilliant. YOU are brilliant. 🙌🙌🙌