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What’s your reason to rise this January?

I’ve joined RED January 2025 and I’m going to rise each day during one of the most challenging months of the year.

My fitness efforts combined with your support will help RED’s official charity partner, Mind Over Mountains, reach anyone struggling with their mental health to gain the benefits of movement and connection in nature.

Together we can move mountains.

Together let’s move mountains

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Day 2

Thursday 2nd Jan
I woke up yesterday morning feeling extraordinarily rubbish. I had been full of intentions of tromping about in the rain but a very bad head kept me abed for a good part of the day. I managed some yoga, which helped, and was rewarded with glorious sunshine this morning. Today I completed the 5th run of couch to 5K. It’s the kind of cold out that you feel right in your lungs when you breathe, and I feel so refreshed for spending the time outside. 

Getting started with an eye on the finish line

Sunday 29th Dec
This post is going to be a little all over the place, I’m writing thoughts as I have them, without trying to be interesting or really with anyone reading them in mind. The more I learn about myself, the more I feel like ‘a little all over the place’ is a pretty nice way to be.  

There’s a temptation to wait for things to start to begin. January 1st has for me, in the past, been a day I have declared ‘no more!’ on various eating and drinking habits, or else ‘lots more!’ on various movement goals. I’ve waited for the start to begin, and often lost the momentum that stirred setting the date in the first place. This year I have chosen not to wait. 

I recently decided that I am ready to finish couch to 5K. This is big change in mindset for me, who has typically worded that ‘ready to start couch to 5k’ in the past. Starting something is easy. I have adhd. Starting things is like breathing. It comes very naturally to me. Finishing things, now there’s a challenge. I am using the accountability of this RED challenge to help me with discipline and motivation. 

I nearly signed up for this challenge several times in the last few weeks. I’m a little leery of asking people to donate money at this time of year. But I realised that whether people donate or not, that taking part could be really beneficial to me. I started week 1 of couch to 5K on Christmas Eve, not wanting to delay starting to a particular day, and having just bought trainers for that purpose. 

I ran on Boxing Day, and again today. That’s 3 runs down, and 24 to go. On my rest days I’m going to practice mindful movement, either yoga or walking or both. 

The key reason though, that I took the plunge and signed up for this, is that I really believe in Mind Over Mountains. At the end of January,  I am going on the Dartmouth retreat and I cannot wait. Being in nature, and talking openly about my feelings are two of my very favourite things, and combining the two, sharing some of my mental load with likeminded people, and helping to lighten theirs too, feels like a really nice fit for me. They have several free day walks in wales this year, and I’m going to go on as many as I can. Being active, breathing deep, being present in nature. Feeling the burn in my chest and my legs as I power up a hill. Feeling small in nature, and connected to the world. I cannot wait. Right now, I’m reasonably fit ish. I’m certainly not at my least fit, because earlier this year I was in a wheelchair. This challenge is also about helping me to ramp up my fitness ahead of the retreat. 

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