Our experience in November 2023 with the LA/ICB left me feeling pretty traumatised and exhausted, and I had not long started feeling better. I did a few counselling sessions to look at how I handled the stress of that time, I didn’t want to repeat the experience I gave myself again. Running still wasn’t available so I was just walking when I could. While it has been pretty fraught for the past 6 weeks and I am tired I am definitely in a stronger place. It was such a beautiful afternoon on Sunday that I decided to go for a run.
I left the house with the intention of making it to the next village and back which is about 5 km, I set off at a moderate pace. Feeling my feet thumping the ground I slowed myself down a little again. I arrived in Dunkirk and thought, I wonder if I can make it all the way around Pymoor and back, this is a little over 10k. The last three years has been so crazy I am sure it has been at least that since I have ran that route and distance. I decided I wanted to do it, I have been so stretched mentally recently I thought it would be good for me to remind myself of how a physical challenge feels. I always had the option of walking. Which I did intermittently.
Why am I sharing this? How is it related to Rohan’s campaign? It just reminded me that our journey is a marathon not a sprint. We are on this journey with Rohan for the long run and sometimes we need to take a complete break and other days we can run walk. But one thing I know is we can achieve whatever we set out to we just need to listen to our bodies, get the support we need and pace ourselves accordingly.
