I will be honest. My half marathon training this summer had not gone to plan. As regular readers of my column will know, it went off course when I fell out of love with running and struggled to get back on track.
Hitting the trails once more in late summer, with the intention of becoming more mindful, went a long way to sorting out my mindset. But had I left it a bit too late? After all, completing 13.1 miles is no small feat, and I was seriously undertrained. Oops.
A few times I considered quietly backing out. But then I would take a peek at the Bournemouth Marathon Festival website and the images of runners gliding along the seafront would draw me back in. It looked like the ideal location for a spot of mindful running, so I decided to ignore pace and PBs, and give it a go. Oh, and I donned a lot of (biodegradable) glitter, for some extra sparkle power.
GLITTER POWER
The glitter obviously worked, because that sunny Sunday in October felt like it had been sprinkled with magic. Even the early start (I did NOT realise I would have to get up at 5am when I signed up) meant I left the house before the world woke up, and headed to the shuttle bus under an inky sky dotted with stars and the slimmest sliver of a crescent moon. Driving to the start as the sun rose made me feel like I was part of some exclusive club. Even the cold couldn’t dampen my excitement and I soon warmed up as we set off towards the seafront.
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