Saturday, September 14, 2013 - I am running
Today I had a glimpse of my old self as I stood at the top a smallish hill having run all the way to the top – I have not been able to do this for
some time. As I stood at the top, I closed my eyes I could feel the blood
pumping through my veins, the sweat dripping down the small of my back, the
warmth of the sun on my skin and I could hear the sound of the ocean waves braking
on the shore. And at that moment I knew that it was wonderful to be alive and that this was a new beginning, I am starting to shed the anxious, sick and weak self
and embrace the fit, healthy and a more confident me.
A cog has shifted in my perception of what
I can do and I am willing to push myself and explore my new limits. So what, if every 28 days I have to go into
hospital to be recharged – the rest of the time I am as good as I can hope to
be. I can't let doctors have the decision on what I can and can't do.
I am at stage 2 of becoming a runner (again). Over the past fortnight I have gradually started to introduce
running into the walks and gradually increase the length of the walk/run
session and the length of the run section. I
started off with 5km walk/run at 500m intervals. Today I did 10km at 1.5km run/500m walk
intervals. The running pace is slow but I have learnt to be patient, one thing at a time. It is just
good to be breaking a sweat doing what I love. The next stage, 30 minutes of continuous running, followed by running longer (stage 4) and the running faster (stage 5).
In the meantime I have been out and about getting inspiration from other runners and taking lots of runners in action photographs.
