You know how I know I'm not in training for anything in particular at the moment... nothing is charged and all my running things are scattered all over the house in various drawers and in all the wrong places. With so many races this year I always had a very specific goal in mind. I've almost forgotten what it feels like to just run for the sake of running. So today the opportunity finally arose to just run and I couldn't pass it up even though my watch wasn't charged, my iPod was also dead, and I had a really hard time locating all my winter running apparel. I very haphazardly threw whatever I could find on and ran out the door completely unprepared for the freezing temperature.
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| There was so much ice on the road that I could have gone skating! |
It was only 5k, and it was mostly hills, but somehow I finished it feeling great. If you live in my neighborhood, which you probably don't (but humor me anyway), and you were driving past me today, you probably would have wondered why that woman was running up that giant hill with a huge grin on her face...
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| One of several hills in my neighborhood |
Well firstly, I was thinking that I have a babysitter today and I get to run during daylight hours, woohoo!
Secondly, it was a gorgeous winter's day and that might just be one of my favorite kind of days to run.
Thirdly, I was laughing to myself that I was running "Baywatch style", meaning that if someone had been filming me, it would have looked like I was running in slow motion up those hills. At some points I'm sure I might as well have been walking. And in no way do I have a Baywatch figure so thank goodness someone wasn't filming me!
The point is, I was running and I'm starting to feel like I'm getting my love of running back after the
post marathon blues and my disastrous attempt at the
running streak. I had some chocolate milk to celebrate!
'Tis the Season of Giving!
This Saturday, I'll be running the Abbotsford Santa Shuffle in support of the Salvation Army and since it is the season of giving I'm asking anyone who can to donate something small. Even $5 can go a long way! You can
donate here. Thank you in advance for your support!
I love those no expectation kinds of runs. Some of my best races have been ones where my watch was dead and I just ran what felt good.
ReplyDeleteIt really is something every runner should do every once and a while.
DeleteRight on, I'm glad to hear your run mojo is coming back!
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