Day 107, Dec 16th 2018, Lazy Blogger




I have seriously struggled, since being injured, with my mojo, my get up and go got up and went. Dragging myself out for a run when the weather is so bad, things are tough at home mentally and my drive has deserted me. It's strange, I know I am so lucky to have a place in VLM 2019, and owe it to all those that do not, to commit 100% but things have just been too much the past month. What to do, well, as my good friend Sue says, "Just get out there and put one foot in front of the other, a lot'' 😂 Makes me laugh every time I think about it, but it is true.

Monday night I joined my running club for a 5mile Team Run, I felt good, I also felt slow, but that's hardly surprising, given my lack of training.

Wednesday I joined my fellow team mates again for a 4 mile run, I struggled a bit, but the weather was freezing so assume thats why.

Today, I did 7.3 miles, the sun was shining and it was nothing short of perfect running weather, I was reluctant to go this morning, but made myself as I have another tattoo appt tomorrow and won't be able to run for a few days so I forced myself out the door. Within 3 miles I was thinking about bailing and going to the cafe to wait for the others. I was running with Lesley as usual and she is under the weather too, so she was happy to plod along with me. I decided though that this was a perfect opportunity to train the mind for those tough miles that will inevitably hit during a marathon. I also would have felt rubbish if I had pulled up, I am not a quitter. We pushed on until he last mile, which is uphill, Lesley had already said she was going to walk it, since she walks at a London pace and I cannot keep up, I did a very slow jog alongside her, until about half way when my calf started to ache, it wasn't tight, but was protesting, this was my longest run since injury and i think it just got tired. I ended up walking the last of the hill but ran after that and earned my post run strawberry milkshake, yay


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