The project: A month-long stint of pounding the fields and lanes of Sussex in my hapless and ill-advised attempt to complete a quintessentially English 5k race between two local pubs. Yes, a pint of beer awaits every finisher!
THE JOG LOG 🏃🏻 INDEX
Day 0 – Can I DO this? 🏃🏻 Thursday July 27
Day 1 – The dog magnet 🏃🏻 Friday July 28
Day 2 – Hotlegs Ricardo 🏃🏻 Saturday July 29
Day 3 – The Ministry of Silly Walks 🏃🏻 Sunday July 30
Day 4 – Rain (hasn’t) stopped play 🏃🏻 Monday July 31
Day 5 – Tinkering with my engine 🏃🏻 Tuesday August 1
Day 6 – The answer is blowin’ in the wind 🏃🏻 Wednesday August 2
Day 7 – How to feel BETTER 🏃🏻 Thursday August 3
Day 8 – Lowering the impact 🏃🏻 Friday August 4
Day 9 – On keeping going 🏃🏻 Saturday August 5
Day 10 – Slowing to a walk 🏃🏻 Sunday August 6
Day 11 – Hero(es) 🏃🏻 Monday August 7
Day 12 – Rest day 🏃🏻 Tuesday August 8
Day 13 – Two birds, one stone! 🏃🏻 Wednesday August 9
Day 14 – Nearly fully charged? 🏃🏻 Thursday August 10
Day 15 – Stairs = buns of steel 🏃🏻 Friday August 11
Day 16 – Rest day 🏃🏻 Saturday August 12
Day 17 – Getting out on the ‘water’ 🏃🏻 Sunday August 13
Day 18 – Nurture 🏃🏻 Monday August 14
Day 19 – Untethered 🏃🏻 Tuesday August 15
Day 20 – A sprint finish 🏃🏻 Wednesday August 16
Day 21 – Pacing 🏃🏻 Thursday August 17
Day 22 – Short and sweaty 🏃🏻 Friday August 18
Day 23 & 24 – Walking in company 🏃🏻 Saturday August 19 & Sunday August 20
Day 25 – Getting my feet wet 🏃🏻 Monday August 21
Day 26 – Rest day 🏃🏻 Tuesday August 22
Day 27 – Don’t stop me now! 🏃🏻 Wednesday August 23
Day 28 – A fair weather runner 🏃🏻 Thursday August 24
Day 29 – Best laid plans 🏃🏻 Friday August 25
Day 30 – Relief and adrenaline 🏃🏻 Saturday August 26
Day 31 – Saving my legs 🏃🏻 Sunday August 27
Day 32 – RACE DAY! 🏃🏻 Bank Holiday Monday August 28
Dear Reader, I’m running!
In my early forties I had adopted a new identity as a runner, an athlete, a gym bunny. I’d get up at the crack of dawn every morning to swim at the local pool, I participated in Parkrun every Saturday, I worked out at the gym on an almost-daily basis and ran with the local running club two or three times a week.
I loved it.
And then I hated it.
I’d thrown myself in too fast and too far. I loved the endorphins but hated the injuries. The injuries, of course, were on me, and were down to my slapdash ‘I want it all NOW’ approach to my new passion, and no matter how I tried to power through, my ‘must try harder’ mantra became a record stuck at ‘ouch, this really hurts’.
Well, I’m running again, and taking things slowly. And, if you like, you can check out my progress by returning to the post you’re reading now. There’s an index of links right at the top.
You will notice absolutely no difference to my Substack posting schedule, because I’m not sending my Jog log 🏃🏻 posts by e-mail, nor do they appear on my home page. You won’t even find them unless you seek them out! I’ll be popping a link at the bottom of my Saturday posts, but apart from that, nothing’s going to change.
But if you’d like to check out my progress and have a giggle with me along the way, you can check out the Jog log 🏃🏻 in the following ways:
By clicking on the links listed in the index at the top of this post.
Jog log 🏃🏻 posts all have ‘Next’ and ‘Previous’ links at the the bottom, so you can navigate between them directly.By clicking on Jog log 🏃🏻 on my navigation bar in the web browser view of Substack.
See you at the finish line!
UPDATE: Bank Holiday Monday, August 28
Love,
Rebecca
Thank you for reading Dear Reader, I’m lost! Remember you can check out my daily Jog log 🏃🏻 whenever you like using the means listed above. Jog log posts will not appear in either your e-mail or your Substack inbox.
If you’ve enjoyed reading this post, please let me know by clicking the heart. Thank you! My next ‘Dear Reader, I’m lost’ post will be published as usual on Saturday. See you then!
Rebecca - 2 rules for your running enjoyment:
10 Don't over train
2) Don't under recover
: )
Ride a bike! Save your knees!