give me strength!

My mam used to look up to the heavens & proposition to the sky this quotation, most likely when my brother & I were raving & misbehaving! Now I am asking the exact same - please give me strength - because I'm all out of the sacred stuff! 

I'm feeling sad. Feeling slow. Even my run to work is hard work. So after a week of wallowing I'm accepting my slump as a step back but from now on I'm making only forward motions. 

I've lost a little confidence - you're only as good as your last run so they say (they don't really I just made that up but that's just how I feel) & so I've got a plan to propel me back onto my happy fitness vibin' planet. I need a rocket up my ass!!!

So they do actually say 'it's a marathon not a sprint' (who the hell are 'they' anyway!?) & with marathon training we know you have to build, increasing the distance & dynamics each week. I am going back to basics. I'm going to start at the beginning again with a training plan that I can see results to give me my belief back.

I'm starting with PT tonight. & a speed hill set tomorrow (sounds scary but something I could smash out six weeks ago!!) I'm going to listen to my body, be attuned to my anatomical cries for help! & I'm going to get back to mountain stampede fitness slowly but surely - just like running an ultra! Hope to feel fine for a Sunday morning long(ish)run...

I've got a lot of mileage to make up - there is a 250k desert run looming in the hazy distance. I need to focus. Now where did I put my 3rd eye?

I've got to use all of my motivations to find my luv & joy for the act of running again, I know it's in there & I know when I am out on the trails again I'll find my happy place. Here's some motivation for your day from me to you & I'm looking forward to getting to the guilt free chips running days ahead!! XO