After months and months of procrastinating, not running, but plenty of belly button gazing, I actually went out for a run yesterday.
Oh. Em. Gee.
It was painful. The bunnies that were out for their evening meal made me smile though, and provided momentary distraction. I am starting right back from scratch at Week 1 of Couch to 5k. I did get a bit wrapped up in myself and ended up going further than I meant to by the half way point. It was quite nice though – the fresh air did me the world of good.
What surprised me was that my ankles and feet are sore. I wasn’t expecting that. I know it shouldn’t be surprising really, as I haven’t done any significant load bearing activity for a long time and my ankles and feet have lost their running memory temporarily. I don’t remember feeling like this on my first round last year. I’m not sure what weight I was back then – I’ll have to go and find out.
My next outing will be on Friday. I hope the distraction bunnies are out again.
April 24, 2014 at 10:05
Bunnies always help!
April 24, 2014 at 10:06
Little known fact 🙂
April 24, 2014 at 18:09
Distraction bunnies are the best 🙂
I am sure the first few will be not so easy but soon enough your legs (ankles) will remember what to do.
April 24, 2014 at 21:26
I hope so! I am out again tomorrow, so I am hoping it will be less of a shock to my legs 🙂
April 25, 2014 at 06:54
Good for getting out there 🙂
April 25, 2014 at 08:36
Thank you 🙂
April 25, 2014 at 14:18
Well done for getting out there, cute to see the bunnies too! Hope today goes well and miss/missed the rain!
April 26, 2014 at 04:44
I can feel the lack of running when I take even a week off!! It’s crazy!
April 26, 2014 at 14:26
I have to admit, I was expecting it to be hard, but as bad as it was! I have just about recovered today.
April 26, 2014 at 14:08
Yay! Painful but fun is the best combination…the pain helps you to feel proud of yourself after you have finished. Or that’s what I always find anyway! 🙂 There seem to be loads of bunnies out and about on the verges at the moment. They always make me jump when I see their tails bobbing away – clearly I’m not a very observant runner!
April 26, 2014 at 14:28
You are right 🙂 I did feel proud. Then sore! Ah well! I try to look out for furry things on my travels – it helps to distract me, and goodness knows I need it at the moment!
April 27, 2014 at 16:05
Good for you Steph! My sister is doing a variation of couch to 5km and getting on really well..I think for you as you already have a running background you’ll be back to running in no time! Don’t worry about your weight or anything like that..just ease back in and enjoy yourself 🙂
Oooh and I love seeing bunnies..I am so easily distracted..Cat’s are a real problem for me, often worry I’ll trip up trying to admire them..I am aware that makes me sound slightly insane!
April 27, 2014 at 16:11
Thanks Katie! I know what you mean about cats, but I rarely see them out of my run. I sometimes worry I look like a dog-napper though! 🙂
April 29, 2014 at 01:15
Good on you for getting back out there. It’s surprising how quickly stamina goes down when we haven’t done an activity for a while.
You’ll be back to where you were in no time! Just take it nice and easy, don’t push yourself too hard and enjoy it! 🙂
I’ve also nominated you for a Liebster Award. If you’re interested, you can check out the link to my blog post for instructions on what you need to do! 🙂
http://laurafat2fit.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-liebster-award.html
April 29, 2014 at 21:33
Tell me about it! I wasn’t expecting to be as fit as I was, but I was a bit taken aback to find how much my fitness had slid in that time. Never mind – back to it now, and I just need to remember how this feels to motivate me going forward.
Thank you for the Liebster! I will have a look at it and make my post soon 🙂 Hope you’re feeling better and the swelling is going down – you’re doing great!