After spending a week off to recover from my heel and knee pain, I started week 5 and boy could I tell the difference. That 1 week off really threw a spanner in the works and I remember thinking, 5 minutes was a lot *easier* 2 weeks ago!! I faux-jogged and chewed on my lip the whole time. So I had nice raspberry lips when I finished.
On the upside, I’m a little girl’s hero and it made my day. It’s not often a kid looks at you with stars in their eyes, and to be honest this was my first time. I’d run to the oval I usually go to and as I was running up, there was this little 4 or 5 year old girl who was in the middle of the field. Some birds were swooping at her and she got very frightened, threw her ball at the birds and ran to the edge of the field. I asked if she wanted me to get the ball and so I did. I gave it back to her, and continued on my track…. Stupid me ran to get the ball on my breather, but with those crazy birds swooping at me…I had to. Anyway, the girl hung around and waved and smiled at me every time I passed her by in the oval. It made me feel good, because for the rest of her day, I was her hero. 😀
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Awwww you are awesome! See running is a good thing! Even faux running! (yes, I tell myself that every day, including exclamation! points)
And you rock for getting back into it. Time off does horrible things to us all!