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Another mother runner….
i might have mentioned that i have taken up running again….If you followed me on Instagram you will certainly see that. Its not a totally new thing for me. I ran quite a bit before my 4th baby and then tried to get back into it after before ka-blam falling pregnant with my 5th and being stunned into inactivity and a puddle of chocolate buttons.
I wouldnt actually call myself a ‘runner’…no really, i wouldnt. What i do is probably closer related to a jog than a run and im not one of those folk who say ‘i can run for miles and miles without knowing it’ Nope thats not me either. As the lady in fame said ‘this is where you start paying’ and i do ‘pay’ for it. Usually by counting each and every 1km.
My decision to run was based around these things. a) needing to exercise and try to shift this tyre that has got comfortable. b) haven’t got enough money to join a gym. c) havent got enough time to go to a gym.
Whats a cheap way to exercise? Running, the streets are free (if you don’t think too hard about tax) and all you need is a pair of scruffs and some trainers. Id actually add to that a decent bra, especially when you have had 5 kids *coughcough*
Whats a quick way to exercise? Running, its high intensity so your heart rate gets going and you burn calories reasonably quickly.
It was a no brainer..i can step outside my door and run for 30 minutes and then its done. In the bag. exercise box ticked and i don’t think about it again till the next morning and i reaaally really like that.
Another bonus of running before breakfast is that your body is super efficient at that time of the day and it gives you a heavy handed kick of adrenaline that will carry you through the pain that is the school run. Amen to that.
My alarm buzzes to life about 6.15am and im not going to lie to you while one part of me starts to chant ‘go for a run, go for a run’ There is at least 60% of me slobbering on the pillow and telling me to get a life and stay in bed. I allow myself one snooze and then i force myself out of bed. Im think i may actually be asleep for the first 1km a lot of the time but then, fuelled by a couple of good tunes (no cbeebies, sing-a-long-a nonsense) i get into a rythmn and what im doing starts to make sense.
Like I say, im not going to win any races but i got myself, up, dressed, and out. There are so many contributing factors that could stop this seemingly simple task happening that in my book thats a gold medal win right there.
What i love most, i think, is the solitude. I am never by myself in these years right now. Always being tailed by a small person wanting something, needing something. If they aren’t actually with me then there is a long list of things i need to do for them spinning round my conscious and pulling me in different directions. When im out for a run. Its just me…and sometimes i bring my thoughts with me and sometimes i leave them at home too snoozing on the pillow. I just listen to the music, watch the early morning goings on, smile at fellow runners and enjoy the peace. Sometimes one foot in front of another is about as cerebral as i need to get.
What about you? why do you run?
‘Great Garden Moment”
Its sad to say that over our half term there were not so many great garden moments! Firstly due to the awful weather we were having and also because our youngest were struggling over the chicken pox. But when i saw an invitation to enter a great garden moments competition to win a set of fabulous garden furniture by sharing a some fun images of your garden i immediately thought of a few weeks ago when we had some incredibly lovely, sunny and warm weather.
For my kids, hot weather = water, every. single. time. As soon as the sun comes out for any length of time we get requests for the paddling pool and water play. But their absolute favourite is the sprinkler. What kid didn’t adore the sprinkler as a kid. I can remember how exciting it was! You can run straight through it and get soaked or play the cunning game and dash past as its arc of water sways from one side to another. My kids do a bit of both and the squealing can be heard up and down the street! In fact a neighbour of mine responded to a quick tweet about the sprinkler making its first appearance of the season “ah so that was what all the noise was then?”
opps! 😉
Before this house we lived in a victorian terrace with a small yard. I loved that we had even a bit of outside space but three kids later it was getting a bit cramped and so moving to our currant house with a medium sized town garden, kid friendly and ready for some ‘burn of the energy’ fun was exactly what we needed. When the sun shines there is no other place you will find us when we are home. Patio doors wide open and letting the outside in and sometimes that means soggy kids in grassy towels, shivering in the kitchen. But it really brings it alive. Our garden won’t win any ‘britain in bloom’ competitions but its well used and well loved by the growing feet of my kids and that is what makes our garden ‘great’
🙂
This is a competition! why don’t you go and enter too. Just click on the great garden moment link.
Dear mr birthday fairy…
i appreciate this is a bit short notice…but please can i have one of
these for my birthday…
#silentsunday
