Lockdown and Re-thinking Running
It's been a strange time, whether you're a runner or not. For those of us who are runners, the cancellation of all parkruns and organised running events and races has brought a massive change to our routines. We are fortunate in the UK because at the time of writing, we can still go out to exercise once a day, but many of us are missing our running buddies and our favourite running venues. I suppose I'm lucky in that I'm quite a solitary runner anyway. I don't belong to a club and I either run alone or with my husband. During isolation we have managed to have a short, local run every day. What we really miss is not being able to go to a cafe for a post-run coffee or snack afterwards, especially on Saturdays when the parkrun breakfast was always as much an event as the run. Running in isolation has required a few changes in attitude and expectation. In some ways, that's a good thing. It can be too easy to fall into the trap of thinking runnin...