1k and a good deed a day

I went for my first run in 2 weeks today, with everything going on in the world with Coronavirus I haven't really done much apart from stay glued to the TV or the news on my phone.  My work has temporarily closed so I’m off barmaid duties apart from when I’m at home and serving myself alcohol- which is quite frequent.  I’m not the only one looking at the clock every day thinking what time is appropriate to have your first drink of the day, am I?  I should be careful though, it does seem to be getting earlier every day. So I ran, I realised I needed an angry run. This year has been Sh*t personally and although things are looking up, there is still a lot of unresolved things I need to work through- or run through.  We have been told in these times we can go out, and for my mental health I really needed to just get out there today. I put on a spotify playlist of angry rock songs (ok I won’t lie, I played Katy Perry’s Part of me first but she didn’t hit the spot,

Friday 13 th  what better day to go for a run? I talked myself out of it 3 times before I laced up my trainers (scraped some mud off them from my last race, should have done that a while ago), and got back out there for the first time in forever. I’ve felt very weak over the past few weeks, not helped by my alcohol consumption, but even though my legs were shaking and haven’t stopped since I got back 20 minutes ago, I feel strong again. Another runner smiled at me and waved while I was out, we cheered each other on, even though I know nothing about him and he knows nothing about me that small act of togetherness pushed me on when I wanted to stop. Strava also helped by telling me I ran my fastest ever 5k in 20 minutes 6 seconds. Unfortunately that was a lie, and look at the map, unless I was high on coffee or something else running and through walls, it is not possible. But thank for trying to big me up Strava! Good deed for the day: taking better care of