Ran yesterday for the first time in months!! Finally put to use ye old running shoes. The first kilometer felt funny. It was like learning to run for the first time yet again, trying to gauge my stride and pace, checking if my feet were landing just so, lungs were getting into the rhythm and trying to will my muscles (er..fat) to relax and go with the flow. Legs felt tingly, followed by pins and needles but at the halfway mark, I was fine, stopped and walked, ran a bit, walked a bit, then walked some more. It was nice reconnecting with BananaRunning who kept me company, while Keti and RunMd did their prescribed 15kms for the day. While walking down the semi-lit roads of FB, it was easy to imagine way back when our lives were ruled by the program, when we had our 3-4 to 5 hour weekly long runs as well as easy runs that morphed into 15kms… 15KMS!?! My legs can’t even imagine what that feels like now. Even if I’m back to square one, the post-Christmas 5k jumpstarted all those dormant reasons why I love to run…er now a mere penguin-like waddle maybe, but still a run just the same. The feel of being on the road, having that dialogue between you and yourself while being pulled into the lull of each step that moves you ever forward. Ilavit.
