During this 9 week (so far) holiday from reality I have been continuing with my 30 minutes run at least three times a week, however I have not been out of the garden. I just open up the side gates and run around the house and garden back and front. A couple of days ago I ran to the end of the road and back for the first time. Wow, that was so weird. I felt as if I was running very slowly (I probably do run slow compared to many others) and my legs felt as heavy as lead. I was so uncomfortable the first time I ran off our property I had to make myself do it again. It still felt weird. We live close to the end of a very small cul-de-sac, this morning I decided to run around the end of the cul-de-sac and again the legs felt heavy and my stride felt very slow, it was a very unpleasant experience. So I did it several times more and I have to say there was no improvement. I returned to running around the back and front garden and thought about the situation as I did so. It dawned once that I that I have become institutionalised in my own home! I decided that I needed to keep running off our property and start to getting back to something more like what was once ‘normal’. I told my self that I must put my trust in the Universe and believe that I am always safe and how can I trust in the Universe if I don’t feel safe on one tiny stretch of this planet. So I ran around the bottom of the close a few more times and each time my running seemed to be a bit more easy and the legs felt a little less heavy. I then ran to the end of the road and back a couple more times, on these occasions the legs were still heavyish and the running felt slowish but I was quite proud of myself that I had made the effort. At the end of my run I walked to the next road for my cool down exercise and considered going on my old pre lockdown run, and decided I am not ready for that yet. Yes, I trust the Universe to keep me safe, however, for the rest of this week at least I will concentrate on running in our cul-de-sac and make friends with this little bit of the planet Earth and believe that the Universe has my back and will lead me and everyone else safely back out into the world a bit at a time.
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