Last night I had my second 'Buddy Run' with my mentors from Team in Training. For these Tuesday runs, we meet at 6pm. The sun sets shortly after 6 at the moment, so we all wear headlamps because the area in which we run has no lights at all. Running with other people makes it really obvious that I'm a slow runner. As this was a "short" run I made my best effort at pushing my pace.
When I arrived home I was exhausted. I mean, really exhausted. My whole body ached and I just put my head down on the sofa and felt like I never wanted to move again. As I lay there I could feel all my muscles seizing up. My upper body workout with John on Monday didn't help. The importance of stretching was at the forefront of my mind but I just couldn't move.
Luckily I have the most supportive boyfriend. He cooked dinner, washed up everything afterwards and gently but firmly encouraged me to get up off my ass and stretch because otherwise I probably wouldn't get out of bed this morning.
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Sounds awesome, Claire - keep it up! :)
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