Finally my mojo is back!

Hey all sorry for not writing in a while, it hasn’t been that great running wise since the marathon and I didn’t just want to write negative stuff.

With my foot feeling better 2 and a half weeks after the marathon I went out and started running again, but my fitness had gone! It was tough being positive about getting out again and really wasn’t feeling it.  So I decided to hit the gym a bit more to get my fitness back up.

I realised I just had to keep running through this phase and I will soon enjoy it again.  I’ve been through a similar phase before and I knew it would soon go away, well I was hoping it would!

Around 4 weeks after the marathon I went out to do a 5 mile run and felt brilliant, I really enjoyed it and managed to do a pace that I haven’t done in a long time.  That was when I realised that I actually think my confidence had been knocked after the marathon, it was my own fault I just had it in my mind I’d get back to my pace and running how I used to run straight after the marathon.  How wrong I was!

Since then I’ve started to go back to my running club, which I’d stopped going to due to the training and I am really enjoying it and just doing what I want to do for a bit with no pressure of training for anything.

I do miss the long runs sometimes though and am planning on getting back up to the long mileage after Christmas, but for now I’m just glad I’m enjoying my passion again.

Have a nice rest of the weekend x