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Christmas Tier 4 blues, redundancy, underactive thyroid and Ulcerative colitis

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Morning All, so I told myself last night, after missing my usual run on Monday, that I would wake up refreshed and have a great run this morning..... Well after 9 months of Furlough I am now officially redundant and recieved my final ever pay from my now old employer, as my background is business travel and the fact that it will probably never be the same I am left with the anxiety of first off finding a job and secondly complete retraining, anyway with this in mind I have been a bit down and stressed so didn't sleep well but forced my self out of bed this morning slung on my running gear and off I went out into the dark morning.

It wasn't my best run to date but also not my worst and as I passed the first ten minutes, my head began to clear, my breathing relaxed and I felt calm and even told myself not to worry about things that are out of my control, which for me is very hard as I am the first to admit I am a complete control freak.

5k in 30 minutes done and even though I know I still have a job to find along with thousands of others, dealing with the fatigue of Ulcerative colitis and underactive thyroid I am so happy I forced myself out this morning, if it wasnt for C25K I'm honestly not sure how I would of coped with 2020

Merry Christmas to you all and hoping 2021 brings us all a welcome break from the pandemic and plenty of runs (the physical type, not the ulcerative colitis type 😂😂)

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Ahhh well done! And Merry Christmas to you 😊🎄

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