Where I Was Starting From
I have always run. From when I was a kid, I ran everywhere. I participated in Little Athletics and school cross country. In the last ten years, I brought it back into my life since I met my husband and we would go running together. When we lived in Bali in 2016-2018, we were running 5-6kms, 5-6 days per week. When we left Bali to go back to Australia, I was still running but for some reason, not as much. Instead I was doing other things such as Yoga, bike riding and gym workouts. Then 2020 happened and like a lot of other people, my habits changed. I seemed to lose sight of what interested me. It felt like running was off the table.
Humble Beginnings
Last year, we spent many months in the US and towards the end of 2023, we spend two months in San Diego. It was there that I started running again. Some afternoons, on the boardwalk at Mission Beach, I would go for a trot. I managed to finish a 3km run and then on another day, a 4km run. I say managed because it didn’t feel amazing but that is what starting over again feels like. It is not going to feel the same as when I was running all the time. While we were in California, we skipped across to Hawaii because, why not? That was December and they were having their annual Santa Hat run. We entered the 5km race and while I came 2nd in my age and gender group, it was really hard. Or maybe I am just hard on myself?
Starting Over Isn’t So Bad
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