The recovery was short and sweet, a little stiffness the next day, but nothing to stop my usual Buggy Babes session. Other than that it was a fairly quiet week taking it easy.
Got up as usual for my Saturday Circuits class. Shortly after getting up, I found I had a sharp stitchy pain in my shoulder. I went to Circuits, but took it easy with some of the moves; it was more the jolting jumpy moves that made it moan rather than lifting. Later on I stiffened up, and got crampy around my neck. My initial thought was that I'd slept funny. I later realised that I wasn't far wrong, I'd fallen asleep in the chair, and curled around the wooden arm, something I usually get away with.
Sunday was little better, but at least any shot at running was off the agenda as my husband headed abroad with work for most of the week, eliminating any chance of a solo escape from the house. I managed Buggy Babes, even with a stint of 4 year old on my back, but my main focus of the week became yoga and pilates in a hope of trying to ease the remaining stiffness.
I headed out today with no agenda and few expectations. The weather wasn't inspiring, and I wasn't sure what my body would feel up to. It ended up being mostly a walk with some running intervals mixed in. I was in the kind of mood to pause and take pictures of the bluebells in the woods, and the fields behind. I'm getting better at accepting runs like this. I am a runner. I can perform on the day. Sometimes by brain and body aren't in the mood. I have found times like this frustrating. I want to run, but sometimes the mental battle of those first couple of miles is too much, and ultimately I need to enjoy my running. It shouldn't be an obligation or burden.
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