Run like no one is watching...

Write like no one is reading.

Stalling already but, well, this is for me really so I'm just going to let it flow.

Ha, that picture make me smile, the massive grey streak from months of lockdown, but a beaming smile after my first half in a while with my best time in just over 2 hours.

My initial blog about running was 1kandagooddeedaday.blogspot.com, I was trying to run 1k a day and do a good deed too.

Simple in theory, but when it came to it, I couldn't be arsed to run every day. I don't have the need to do a run streak (to run every day for days, months, even years on end), wine and a good time has always got in the way.

Also the good deeds were a challenge, beyond doing beach cleans and picking up other people rubbish, I struggled to find the oomph to do other things. Covid also had a hand in that because, well, I don't need to tell you about all the things Covid has stopped for us.

Running has really saved me, BC (Before Covid), it helped me realise a lot, it helped me put a lot into perspective, it helped me heal. Literally running away has helped me run towards a future I would have never has if I had stayed where I was. Stagnant.

I run, when I like, where I like, for me.

I might run like some sort of pre-historic dinosaur, with my limbs all over the place but I run for me.

I run like no one is watching, but if you are, I dare you to join me.

Comments

SILENCE!

I tried running without music today and it will never happen again! I admit, it was not by choice. The battery on my phone was low and everyone knows, if your run is not recorded on Strava (or other running app), then it didn't happen. So I sacrificed my music to save some battery life. Today I learnt that the sound of my heavy breathing and the occasional bird chirping is NOT enough to keep me going on a run. Even a short 5k. I had nothing to click my fingers to, nothing to sing along with (yes, out loud), No Britney or Rag 'n' bone man (I can be cool...), to pull on my heart strings and push me along. I run for the emotion, the beat, the cheese, the memories. It is what makes my runs mine. So from now on, my phone will be fully charged before I set out. I will not make that mistake EVER again. SILENCE is not golden when running! In fact, just writing SILENCE is making me want to listen to 'Moulin Rouge: Roxanne.' If you hear someone wheezing and spu...

My turn, my turn!

Do you ever get running envy? You see someone out running and wish you could join in too? This happened to me today, actually it happens quite a lot, but today more so because it was THE LONDON MARATHON! I got back from my steady 5k after seeing a few runners along the seafront with their numbers on doing their own virtual London marathon (I shouted at really loudly to each person as I passed them @GO ON, GOOD LUCK!!) and put on the coverage on the TV and I was GREEEEENNNNNEEEE with envy! I saw thousands flooding the streets, pounding the pavements and I felt all of the excitement and I wanted to be there soooo bad, so I have entered myself into the ballot for 2022! I had entered for this year and was unsuccessful so here is to try number 2. I am also going to apply to run for Mind with a charity place which is a cause close to my heart, so fingers crossed either way, in fact I think id rather the charity place because championing mental health is so incredibly important....

Pain

After feeling sorry for myself last week and having a run break (due to a couple of hangovers...), I'm getting back into it. Although my body is punishing me for it and causing me aches and pains I haven't felt in a long time! Lockdown is lifting slowly, the future looks brighter again, the nights are getting lighter and everything feels a bit more positive again. Hold on, keep running.

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