12th November Crisis of faith

 

 No before you ask it's nothing to do with stationing, although by late tomorrow afternoon when I find out where I have been invited to go and visit, that situation might have changed dramatically. No this one involves running. And it wasn't about my ability to run in Benidorm in just over a week either.

Tonight I had a 'wobble'. Not a stumble or fall but a real crisis of faith or confidence as we ran through a wooded section of a route I have run at least 20 times before. I don't mean a crisis of 'faith' but one related to actually running in the dark through the woods on a narrow trail.

Normally I love running through the woods at night, especially the narrow paths as it forces everyone else to slow down.I've even enjoyed solo jollies off the beaten track. But tonight for some reason was awful. Yes it was dark, yes it had a very, very light drizzle at times but my headtorch was working okay and my vision reasonable. 

So why did I suddenly transform into a 'Dithering Dennis', picking my way through the undergrowth at a speed  that made Sara Cox seem like Florence Griffith Joyner (minus the ridiculous nails)

My heart rate was racing  and I just couldn't wait for that section to end as the rear lights of my fellow runners just kept getting further and further away. Not a pleasant experince at all and one I don't wish to repeat in a hurry. 

I don't think it was anything to do with my blood sugars, indeed yesterday the pharmacist told me that the results of my last blood tests showed that my levels were continuing to drop almost as quick as my will power to avoid bread, chocolate and other snackettes. 

So who knows what caused it but even on the wide paths of Newstead Abbey I just didn't have the same confidence as I normally have. Hopefully it's one off. Or it's going to be a long, long winter.

 

 

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