Don’t let life’s stresses and your mind bring in doubts...

[Logan1980]

What a few days it has been, Monday and Tuesday were really low days for me and resulted in a complete meltdown at work yesterday morning in front of my manager, I was feeling disappointed with myself that I continue to let work break me. This is a reminder that although I have come along way to beating my depression it is not a quick fix and there will be days when for the smallest of reasons the tears and meltdowns will still come. During this on Monday after work I went for my run and it was one of the hardest runs I have done and it took me 32 mins 11 secs and I could barely lift a leg. That brings me to this morning, last night I was early to bed had a good nights sleep and a complete mental reset. I woke up feeling good went for my run and only acheived a new PB for my shorter run breaking the 30 min barrier and also a massive 2 mins 24 secs quicker than Monday evening. This was a bigger reminder that I still have plenty of fight left in me and although the stresses of life can slow you down and make your runs tougher sometimes please do not let it convince you that you have not made progress because you will come back stronger and quicker next time 🏃‍♂️

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

👍Wednesday is both a new day & half way through the week...after your excellent run you can finish off the week well. Good sleep is a wonderful tonic too. 👏

[Debston Graduate]

Well done, great run this morning. Hope work stuff gets sorted.

[davelinks Graduate]

Understand where your coming from with this, anxiety affects me sometimes, feels like a barrier sometimes preventing me doing things, but battle through and you're golden!

[bananahead Graduate]

Well done Logan1980, sorry to hear you are battling the demons of depression. I'm glad running helps, and you are reminding yourself not to be hard on yourself if a run is tough. Rob Krar, an ultraRunner has spoken about depression and running, how it helps, but also acknowedges that there are days when he is just too incapacitated to run.

But he also says, like you do, that you can come back stronger than before.

Thanks for the honest post, hope you are OK today.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Many congratulations on beating 30 minutes. Life sometimes gets us down, and beating depression is a relatively long journey, but you’re doing it and you will prevail. Focus on the improvements rather than any blips if you can. Happy running.