Countryside Running

Now if 6 weeks ago someone told me i would take up jogging as a hobby over the summer i would have doubled over laughing at them - i was always the kid who HATED running and sports in PE at school, i would go to great lengths to avoid it. After running Race For Life last month, i jogged the first 2km without training for it, and although it completely knackered me, i felt so good afterwards, its a strange but incredible feeling. I've always admired people i see outside running because i always deemed it impossible, I've always stuck by the fact that i physically cannot run. This isn't true, i wasn't very good at it granted, but i think experiences in PE at school had scarred me and i thought irrationally about any other form of exercise other than walking or dancing. 

I also think another part of it was that i would have to be outside to run- people would see me. When i was in secondary school particularly the younger years, i always cared way too much about what people thought, i got really paranoid in the PE changing rooms and maybe a couple of mean comments from immature boys meant that exercising outside in full view of the public, wasn't even an option that crossed my mind, it was just a NEVER thing. 

I walk my dog around the river most days in the summer and Saturdays when I'm at college, its about a 5km walk and its the most calm and peaceful place, it helps de-clutter my mind and i just love being down there. Although there are other people down there walking their dogs and exercising, i don't mind because usually you only come across 2-3 people. So when i decided i wanted to start jogging, there was no other place that came to mind. 

Living in Somerset it would be foolish not to make use of and appreciate the countryside and the amazing views, and although i haven't jogged on the streets i feel it makes the jog ten times better because you can disconnect yourself from the world and spend 30 minutes of the day outside in the country, not worrying what you look like and completely focused on what you are doing, whilst admiring the pretty scenery. I just wanted to show you some of the views from my jog, that make me motivated to put on my running shoes. I've been going jogging  about 4-5 times a week, and i prefer going in the evening as i find when i go first thing in the morning, it knackers me out for the rest of the day. So that's the plan for the rest of the summer, i shall have to work out when i will  go jogging when i go back to college. 
 

 

 

If you don't live near Somerset then enjoy the views captured by my iPhone, and i hope this inspired you to go outside and find somewhere scenic where you live where you wouldn't normally go and maybe start jogging, i mean if i can do it then anyone can! 

Laura x