Oh yes!
Good Morning everyone and welcome to the warmth of the Corner... !
Hot drinks, tasty treats, ( carrot and apple muffins), freshly made and pastries of every type and cushions ready. Slip off those shoes and rest!
The start of a new week and the beginning of a new month, ( almost)!
Meteorological Winter has begun and the weather is changing! After snow, ice, freezing fog, torrential rain and strong winds... an unseasonable two days. BUT:
Back to normal lower temperatures today and set to get colder...
Well.... it all begins, and the coming days will bring a round of activities which, if we let them, can really impact our mind and our body, if we allow them too.
It can all sometimes, in the mad hurly burly of the lead into the Winterval celebrations, all seem, a bit too much to handle!
Another BUT.....here I go again with a small ditty I wrote a while ago,
I am hoping, it will give you all a LIFT, a SMILE, and maybe HELP in these next weeks.
Life, illness and injury, can put a stop to many running plans, although I do know that many folk are out there and we have a few new friends, just setting out on this running adventure. I myself, graduated, nearly nine years ago... that is a post that will appear later!
The message here, one we here, on C25K put out regularly and the importance of that still holds.
Do what you are able, when you are able, be patient, kind to yourself and know that the runs will wait.
Having said that... there IS something that you may be able to do, even if you are not able to get outside to run...
Here goes. This comes with a Floss Ramble warning too !
Oldfloss Rhyme, coming up... it has been a while !!!
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Winter Running Blues
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So. things are feeling slow
And there's no place you can go,
'Cos the weather's closing in and looking dire.
Freezing fog is hanging low
And there's a been a fall of snow,
And you're heading for the couch beside the fire?
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You've got the winter running blues
Mothballing the running shoes,
Putting all your gear away inside a drawer?
Now hang on just a sec'
No more exercising, heck!
Besides the runs, there's really so much more!
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If you can't run, maybe stroll,
Clear the driveway, dig a hole.
Hit the housework, tidy cupboards as you go.
And if that's not quite enough
There's a pile of useful stuff,
On our forum Strength and Flex, you didn't know ??
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There is work for every part,
Of our body and our heart,
To keep us moving and to keep us strong.
Exercises for our toes,
Moving right up to our nose.
If you haven't been there, time to get along !
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Now if you're on the old IC
That excuse just cannot be.
There are exercises, all done in a chair.
You can pull and you can push,
Bending front, side and backwards from your tush!
If you look and scroll around you'll find them there!
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There is something there for all,
Take a look, it is your call.
Pilates, Yoga, squats speed walking or a row.
There are links for this and that
Downward dog, or pose of cat
It's there for you and all you have to do, is GO.
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We'll expect to see you there,
So much for us all to share,
Until the time when we can don our running shoes.
So come on and join the fun
It has only just begun
Floss's bid to ban those Winter Running Blues!
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Now, wasn't that FUN....?
Please, do pop across to the S and F forum if you have not already done so. Loads of ideas for these next days, coming up!
For new runners, it is pretty essential and for the rest of... well I think it is pretty essential too!
There is also, for anyone who is only able maybe to take a walk right now.. the wonderful resource of Active 10 !
So... writing this little ditty made me smile...and I have many things which I do that make me very happy... and some special people that, when I think of them. Bring warmth to my heart.
So.. I am wondering . Is there something that you do, or think about, or see or hear, that makes you smile ?
Is there something that you only have to think of, that cheers you in the darkest times..
We would love to hear from you !
Oldfloss x
PS
Apologies for being a day late... Last pre-op appointment for Mr OF yesterday... sabotaged my plans! x
