Trying to find time to consolidate my 30mins runs but frustratingly life's crap is getting in the way. My mum dies this time last year and I've been feeling low and a bit sad. My run usually helps to lift my spirits but rain , ice ,workdays, Christmas shopping and preparation for visitors over Christmas have joined forces to make things so hard. I managed 3.4 k last week and went out this morning again. It felt like a slow hard slog , only kept going for 20mins on a wet grass trail . I'm trying to tell myself that even a short run will keep things ticking over until the New Year when I'm ready to get started back to 5k.
Moan over , now back to the pesky housework
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These short runs will maintain your running. Christmas is a complicated time and past events can be thrown into sharp focus while we're supposed to be feeling happy all the time.I hope you take good care of yourself - those runs will be waiting and maybe you'll fit in a couple of runs somehow!
A short run will do and take me with you...not far not fast. I am three days into Covid and will not be running for a while If you take me I will hum Christmas song tunes
Hi Rungranny. I'm sorry you're feeling overwhelmed and the loss of loved ones at this time of year, especially those who understood you best is a trial. Did your mum know you were running? If she didn't would she be proud of your achievements? My mum passed away a few days before her 95th birthday when we had planned a little event as COVID restrictions in the care home were being lifted. What to do? At the time I had been cycling a lot. So the night before I put the bike on the back of the car and got up at 4.30 am, drove to Southampton, parked the car and cycled to catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight. I cycled all the way round, then caught the ferry back in the evening. I made a memory in honour of my mum. She would/will be proud I absolutely know it and would/will be telling everyone what I did. 😁
Now I run. My mum and dad's wedding anniversary is December 21st, my dad passed on 16th December. There lives were hard and dedicated to their 4 children. I miss them but I celebrate that they made me.
Perhaps you can start a run that you dedicate to the memory and think of the good things as well as the loss.
Apologies if this is just not appropriate for you but if it can inspire a way of thinking good luck.
Thank you for your kind response. I'm sure she would be proud , she was proud of anything I did to be fair and incredibly proud of her grandsons and great grandson was the apple of her eye. Everyone in her nursing home was entertained with stories of his adventures. I've come down with a horrible cough so that explains why my run yesterday felt so hard.
Hi Rungranny …I’m so sorry to hear about your mum…sometimes the weather & conditions can reflect the way we are feeling and that in itself can put those pesky gremlins right onto your shoulder telling you that no matter what, you are not going to enjoy your run & I think that’s exactly what’s happened here..when you were lacing up your trainers you already had your negative head on….& rightly so…it’s a hard time for you…as well as a busy one…but…even a short run, like you say, will keep things ticking over…& also give you a bit of ‘me’ time, headspace. In the new year, when things calm down, I’d start your consolidation runs then…
New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of my mum leaving me…it’s hard when everyone’s enjoying the night & I spend most of it a blink away from tears so I know how you’re feeling, I really do xx
But for now, do what you can, when you can…and enjoy your time outdoors without the pressure x
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