New Year Recovery Run

Happy New Year,

Recovering from 2 very large homemade G & Ts, the best part of a bottle of New Zealand Merlot and 2 glasses of Bolly you understand not a marathon or even a 10K but a self inflicted hangover! I'm not a drinker, the meds I take mean I mustn't but on occasions such as this the tablets got left in the drawer and I indulged. I had spent 3 days cooking and we had great company so it had to be done. And it will not be done again for quite some time to come I might add. Today is my New Year's Day as I did not see very much of the proper day and what I did see was viewed from the sofa and only if seeing anything meant not moving my head.

I had set myself the challenge to run on New Year's Day as this would be my first outing for many weeks. And, as today is MY New Year's Day I achieved my challenge. It was hard. It was very hard. I understand why and how we lose our fitness but it's so sad after all that previous effort to be once again back at the beginning. I was determined not to walk any of the selected circuit and I didn't, although some of the jogged bits were definitely not much more than a quick walk. The sun was shining which is  always a help, the lanes muddy but I didn't get wet feet until almost on the home straight and it was cold. Cold enough to hurt when breathing in however that did make me take a bit of extra care to try and breathe in through the nose and not gasp in mouthfuls of cold straight to my chest!

After a very hard start I began to remember why I run, I get a really good feeling within me, and after a break I always always chastise myself for allowing the sofa to become more important to me than the great outdoors. I covered 4.5 miles in 50 minutes, not bad for me, I'll never break any records, but I was out there, I did wobble off a little of the Christmas fat and I can't wait to do it again tomorrow.

I am now looking forward to taking part in Park Runs at Killerton with my running buddy Ali, she posted on Facebook that her new year's resolution was to run more and that yes she was going to start taking part in the Park Run 5Ks, so there we have it, our running challenge for the new year. I'll let you know how we get on.