My plans this year were to run my 10th Halstead Marathon, London 2 Brighton (100k) and have another attempt at 100 miles at the Essex 100 in July. Training was going great and I was thoroughly enjoying my running then Covid19 hit and now not only running is different, life is different.
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| Social distancing on the trails |
So school is closed apart from for key worker children so at the moment I'm not working everyday. I miss work, the children, my work friends and the routine, I know it's only been a week but I just miss the normality of everyday life.
But I can still run, once a day. I will continue to do this while I am allowed, I personally think restrictions will become tighter and how far I can go from home will be changed but for now I am running more or less normally, not as far on my long runs but far enough to keep my fitness up (Essex 100 not cancelled yet!).
There is debate on social media as to whether us runners should still be out. Boris has said it's ok so I am getting out every day, I go early and most days have only seen a few people who have all been friendly and kept well away, seems rude to cross the road to avoid someone, but mostly we understand and smile and wave.
The main reason I am still running is for my mental health, races now seem unimportant. I don't deal well with change and for that hour I am out life feels normal. I can switch off, be away from the news, the stats, the overload of information and relax. I need that at the moment.
If restrictions do change I will be the nutter running up and down the road, or running a marathon in my garden!
That's it for now, keep well, stay safe and enjoy those precious runs XXX
