Running has been hard recently. I wonder if it’s always like looking through rose-tinted glasses. You never feel the pain when you look back fondly at a certain race or training run. Tough saying that I know for a fact that my PB half marathon was HARD and I remember battling with my head and my legs who kept wanting to stop at every step. The only way I got through the race was to allow myself an easy half mile every few miles before picking up the pace again.

Anyway, I’m also concerned that I’m still not enjoying running either at the moment. I think it’s because I feel like I’m back at the beginning of training. The weather is cold. I have too much work to do. And I’m putting too much pressure on myself to get good times rather than just running a distance because I enjoy it and it relaxes me.