Just what I needed this morning!! I talked myself out of running yesterday morning and then was annoyed with myself all day. I have no one to answer to so I don’t know why I do this but I DO like structure and since I regraduated I have been trying to build up my distance and stamina. I got back to running 5ks again and I’ve done a few now so feeling comfortable with that and surprisingly I’m getting a little faster most of the time. So I promise myself I’ll run every other day and walk on the “rest” day.
I’ve also been doing an hour of Pilates nearly every day to work on my flexibility, which had dropped badly, and that seems to be coming back nicely and a lot of the strength I’d lost is coming back. But I beat myself up dreadfully if I only do 20 mins Pilates or miss a days run. I don’t need to as I’m not training for anything specific but that’s just me. I’m competitive with myself!!!
So this morning I told myself not to procrastinate- just get out there and I’m so glad I did! Another gorgeous morning, a little cool on my arms as I started running but I like that - I don’t like it to warm. And I went on a completely different route for me today too. When I left my house I walked up the hill to the right instead of the hill to the left as I usually do. And I started running down and towards the town, then turned left and ran towards the Park ( where the Park Run is usually held). I wondered if there’d be a lot of runners there but, although I saw a few, we managed to distance ourselves as we said good morning and passed by.
I started along the edge of the river and round the edge of the football pitch and then doubled back and over the old Iron Bridge. The tide was really high this morning and I promised myself I’d take some pics of the river on my walk back. I carried on along the opposite bank of the river and meandered around past the tennis courts, along behind Tesco, over to the train station and ran round the deserted car park ( noticing where the elder flowers are starting to form) and back down the hill towards the town. Then I doubled back on myself and retraced my steps to finish my 5k at the top end of the Park again.
I stopped my watch and then walked back home doing a few stretches and taking some pics along the way. It was such a peaceful calm still morning that I felt really rejuvenated and rested when I’d finished strangely enough. Even more strange when I got home and realised it was my fastest 5k since I got back to running them again. It felt so easy this morning that I am going to see if I can run a little further on my next run ( probably the kiss of death now I’ve said it but I can but try)
Run Forrest Run, by the light of the silvery moon!
1st Park Run...hot and a very big hill 😅
A fun Sunday run with 3000 others
OH WHAT A LOVELY RUN!
