Dreams Come Alive

It has been an unsettling 10 days. Following my previous post I had decided to take a week off running to offer my body some respite from all the exertion I had been putting it through.

Unfortunately it did not turn out quite as I had expected. My visions of a week of blissful relaxation have been rocked first by pains in my knees and then by interrupted sleep. Instead of feeling rested and raring to go, for the last several days I have been on edge, easily irritated and greatly agitated. I put it down to my body reacting to the lack of exercise but even as I try to get back into the groove my body is grumbling again. Today it’s my tight hamstrings and achy soles.   

My solution is to put to use what I read in The Corporate Athlete, and that is to make little improvements everyday and work at being better by 1%. My chosen actions are to take baby steps by having an extra serving of fruit and practising rigour in my writing. Today’s workshop has also given me an additional boost. The opportunity to focus out and grow others is invigorating and energising.

Tomorrow I am going for a longish run before gymnastics class. Some bouncing and tumbling should help get me out of my funk. That and more positive self talk and affirmations.