Running Calmly

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Weeks ago I started running again, but this time my goal is to run calmly. By this I mean that I ran until I felt pain, and stopped, over and over, until finally I ran with Wake Up and Ran and covered 5km. Since then I have been running 5k consistently.

My goal is not to run fast and my goal is not to run further. My goal is to get my body used to running, without feeling pain or sore when the run is over. So far it’s working.

This year I ran 100 kilometres. This is in just eleven hours of active time. This is in contrast to over four hundred hours of walking so far this year, if I combine hiking and walking.

Yesterday I considered running further but when I reached 5km I was happy to stop. My aim is to run 5km consistently and comfortably and so far I am managing this goal. I am probably ready to run further but I think that it could make sense to concentrate on speeding up now. I don’t want to speed up by much. Just enough to make progress.

By the time I was ready to run or cycle it was rush hour and I prefer not to ride a bike at rush hour becausse of how dangerous car drivers can be, and because it makes more sense to drive when the conditions are pleasant. By running I can choose paths that keep me away from cars, or at least on pavements next to roads, rather than on roads. When I can run further I will have more freedom.