Fed up with ordinaryExtra ordinary is where it's at

That’s a good question. My last post was way back on 24th October, so just what have I been doing all time?

The simple and honest answer to that question is, not much running.

In fact it’s more like, a lot of eating and not much running.

This last month has been a hard one for many reasons:

• The weather has turned for the worse big style
• It’s dark very late in the morning
• It’s dark very early in the evening
• I’ve been busy at work

But the main reason is that I’ve struggled for motivation for life in general. There are a number of personal reasons for this which I’m not going to expand on here, but needless to say it’s been a hard month. Very hard.

I’ve been running only once a week for the last month. That’s meant each time I’ve gone out it’s been unbelievably hard. I’ve been more prone to minor injuries too. Which then means I can’t run for at least three or four days anyway, which leads to being more tired and having more injuries etc etc etc.

I went out for a 9 mile run with Smack last weekend. It was only a little further than I’ve gone previously and the same route I’ve done three times previously. But this time it was hell. Smack was a gent and tried to make out he was tired too but I don’t think he was really!

I guess I’ve learnt a lot over the last month. Stuff like (be prepared for massive revelation here):

• Running less frequent is bad.
• Being depressed is bad.
• Eating lots of take aways is bad.
• Being too busy at work is bad.

So the question I’m asking at the moment is where do I go from here? How do I get back to the place where I wanted to run and was enjoying it?

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we’ve not met as a group at all in the last month. That is something that needs to change. I feel time marching on and we’re still unsure of the route, the date, where we’re staying, blah blah. May will be upon us before we know it!

Also writing this thing helps too. I read previous articles and it shows me the progress I’ve made. It’s all too easy to forget the fact that in September I got tired running 200 metres to the shops. Now I’m moaning that I found a 9 mile run hard! That’s an amazing achievement that I need to keep reminding myself of.

So my goals for the coming week are to:

• Go running today or tomorrow at least 5 miles
• Meet with at least two of the guys, preferably all of us together
• Plan in time during the working week where I can take a long lunch break and go for a 5/6 mile run

That’s the plan, let’s see how we do… now then, where’s my coffee…