Day five! At last a full (school) week, I thought as I set out on the morning run again with my 3yr old in the buggy once again. My muscles have been tight and achy and its so cold that I cant wait to warm up once I get to my starting point.. eager to start and knowing I can do my first markers I decide to try to go that bit extra past the end marker which ends at a road thats quiet enough I should be able to go straight across. I try to veer the buggy up a dropped kerb but it snags the edge and instead my little one almost gets thrown out but luckily doesnt but the buggy handle jabs under my rib hard. Right where I usually get my stitch. I am upset and cross and frustrated and I have to walk the next five plus minutes with the pain. I feel demoralised and at a turning where I can take a shortcut home I give in and decide to just quit. I groan and my little one pipes up "whats the matter?" Defeated I say "I can't do it" ..................................... thats when the little voice that pipes up "yes you can" boisters my determination like magic. I steer my route back on course and pledge to at least walk the rest of the way so at least I can feel proud I did the whole course. I even manage to run some more of it. I am only a little over my normal 25 mins by the time I get back home.
I keep telling myself about how in the book it says you have good runs and bad runs. This was not a good one but I did it.Thanks to my little one.
Later that evening I read the starting steps section of the book again. Oops.. It says to walk your course for weeks to strengthen your muscles before running Im ever impatient so of course I have been trying to run it as soon as poss. No wonder my leg muscle has been playing me up! Will I walk? hell no. I will continue to do short patches of running when I feel that urge but atleast if I just walk most of it on a bad day I wont be doing bad.
Today as I write this is saturday so thanks to the kids both being home and not having a reason to leave the house I am having 'a break' day. I dread to think what monday morning will feel like!
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