learn to run follow-up

Back in November, I wrote about learning to run outdoors again and getting off the treadmill once in a while.  How's that going, you wonder?   It ain't.

I managed to get out a few times before a cough settled in - for weeks on end!  I was still coughing at Christmas.  Then a cold/flu paid a visit and knocked me on my arse for a couple of days.  Thanks go to Buckley's for expediting the end of that! 

When I'm teaching yoga, I always counsel my students to be accepting of what is.  So, taking a bit of my own guidance, for now I'm accepting that for whatever reason, outdoor running just isn't going to work for me.  I can however be grateful for the opportunity to be able to run, even if it is on a treadmill - there are many who can't at all. 

When the weather starts to warm up a little more I'll give the outdoor running thing a try again.  Disappointing, but not the end of the world.

For now, I continue to lace up for treadmill time and, more recently, the local indoor running track with an awesome friend!