“Put one foot in front of the other, focus on the little goal right in front of you, and almost anything is possible.”
Hello, my running friends.
Well here we are in the Catch-up Corner for the second week of November. The fire is bright, the cushions, warmed, and ready for you to take a breather.
Last week, for many of us was a hard one, and not just for running. It is going to take a while before we all begin to recover from that and learn to move forward again . That is going to be a little, ( not so little ), goal for me.
I had a run last Tuesday, a run, on Friday, and a run Sunday morning. They are part of my, getting back to 10K again plan... a very short one, a 5K and another short one!
All different, and all done with a different purpose.
I am not always conscious of thinking of the word, purpose, I just think, what do I feel today, what do my body and my mind hope this run brings, besides pure enjoyment? Is that purpose?
My Sunday run actually linked in with this... it was a NRC guided run, and the word purpose was used a lot.
Mostly, the runs give me exactly what I wish them too, and there have fortunately been very few, that have fallen short, (except the one where I had to call Mr OF to rescue me after a niggly twinge which turned out to be a tad worse than I thought) !
That was not a good one
But, apart from that, I think I have been quite lucky! I discovered very quickly too that, although not intentionally, writing up and rambling about every run I did was just amazing ! Still doing that...so still a little goal that is always there!
It has been quite interesting, reading a few posts this week; folk were giving some great information of their runs and using, the very words that were in my head for this post title... they stole my thunder... wonderfully!
So... I found another favourite quote, that was similar... but not quite the same, and it seemed to fit C25K perfectly and.... in fact, perfect for all levels of our running, ( and not just our running)!
Our runs may have a clear goal, or purpose; when we begin C25K... we aim to run for 9 weeks, or however long it may take us, until we can run comfortably for 30 minutes. After that, the running world is ours for the choosing.... and then maybe, we do begin to think of a personal purpose?
Not really why we run, but what are the little goals that each of us may have, as we put one foot in front of the other. A goal just for one run, or a week of runs, or longer. A goals that is always there, every run, even if others are added?
I think it might be good to share? Chat about our own little goals... do we meet them all the time, some of the time or hardly ever. What happens if we don't make those little goals... how do we react?
All a bit like life really... little goals and how they affect us.
The weather here is not great for running right now, so it is a good time to make ourselves comfortable and just have a natter.
Please, slip off your running shoes, grab a cushion and come and let us know how it is all going?
Go on, come on in... everyone welcome !
Oldfloss x
PS
The quotation.. courtesy of Joe De Sena... he has done some awesome running!
