As the new member of the Thoosa team I have to start with a huge confession. I haven’t actually run for over a year!
And when I try to explain why I stopped I go into a bit of a spin. About a year and a half ago I found myself feeling unhappy with my life, decisions I had made about pretty much everything from my career to my love life. As I embarked on my ritual Saturday morning run, all I could think of was how miserable I felt, and this seemed to manifest in me deciding that I was unhappy running. I wasn’t enjoying this activity that I used to find so exhilarating, suddenly I felt numb. I couldn’t hear the music pumping loudly in my ear, my thoughts overwhelmed everything. And so I stopped, full stop.
Having taken time out, filling too many Saturday mornings with hangovers and farmers markets, more favourably balanced towards hangovers, I have recently been yearning for something more. My feet have been twitching and I feel ready to get back on the horse, or pound the pavements in my case. Perhaps I have been seduced by that beautiful September new school feeling that never fails to inspire me this time of year, but the urge to get off the sofa and get outside was back. And this time I was going to try and do it properly.
Watch this space.
Pippa
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