The heavy lifting and continuous work of building our house and stuccoing it might have built up some muscle on my body and burnt some calories but it’s nowhere near the same sort of feeling of pushing yourself aerobically. In fact the work on the house has if anything made me feel worse and worse, as strains and injuries pile up!
I am running early mornings on the Mill Road next to our home and enjoying the quiet natural beauty of the area again. The road follows a stream on it’s east side and meanders along in a natural soothing path. The brisk frosty air this morning with clear skies and a moon and sunrise to light the way was very peaceful and quiet. This time of year there are few birds around and the only sounds were the quiet music in my headphones, the water flowing in the stream beside me and a faint rustle of gentle breezes in the evergreens and beech leaves stubbornly holding fast to their branches.
I have the first two days down on the C25K program and 28 more to go, hoping to be back to 5K runs by January!
I just happened on your blog from Whimfield.
Good for you for taking up running again. I was running before I moved to a small island and discovered the hills here!
I was also looking at photos of your house and it is beautiful. Good job. I can see your sweat equity has gone a long way!
Enjoying your blog. Thank you!
Sounds lovely, although I’ve always had trouble finding joy in running myself, since I was a kid anyway. I’m glad to read that you’re able to make time for yourself in the early mornings. Sounds like your route is a peaceful place to run.
We just need to get together for a game of tag Laura-Jane. Short frenzied bursts is all the running I can handle
Andy, very poetic post. It almost makes me want to get up to see the sunrise.. Almost.