Couch to Journal

Navigating the initial struggles with ease

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Wow it’s fresh out today, I just got home from a really invigorating walk with the ridgebacks.  The sun was rising in the distance and there wasn’t a soul about just me and the hounds making prints in the sand. I’m sure I own kangaroos as apposed to ridgebacks, they love to frolic and dance along the shoreline. It’s mesmerising to watch them. 

I must have been feeling so cold, as I started to jog alongside them, picking up a pace and with a ridgeback either side me made me feel quite fit.  Even though they kept looking up at me, a bit quizzed at my sudden sprinting.  What was more joyful was how much I was laughing whilst running.  Just about catching my breath due to the zero degree temperatures, it made me pause for thought about the early days of when I started Couch to 5K.

Much l…