Ok sooooo after a week off running for my birthday, it then turned into two weeks as y’know, life got in the way and if I’m super honest so did those pesky thoughts of ‘not today, you’re tired, your back is hurting etc etc’ I have joined a Pilates class and attended that which was hard! BUT today I got my arse out of bed and gear on and out the door. I had told myself to take it super slow, I’ll attempt week 9 but if it’s agony I’ll go back a week. GUESS WHAT!! I ENJOYED it!! I’m still a runner!! I definitely slowed my pace but lemme tell you I was RUNNING! My breathing was strong and steady and after the first five minutes it allll felt familiar and I felt that same sense of calm and self pride and amazement at my body’s capability. Steve Cram egging me on the whole way until I wound up way further from home at the end of the thirty minute run. I decided to keep running as it actually felt so steady and dare I say ‘nice’. The end result was that I ran 5.21K!! It was not planned!! Woohoo!! And I saw a beautiful deer who ran alongside me then watched me for a few metres (not sure what type of deer, I’ll look that up) Life is GOOD, running is GOOD and I’m back baby!!! 🙏🏻💪🏻🙌🏻🎉