Day 1033 in run streak, 10,4 kilometres.

”A wild Woodpecker appeared!” At around 5K, a fairly sizeable bird was startled to my right, and flew off a little, and landed on a rock. It was a splendid European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), and she made my day! This pokem… errr, bird species is one of my absolute faves! 😀

Gröngöling by AJ Cann – CC BY-SA

Day 1032 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Day 1031 in run streak, 10,4 kilometres.

Too hot!!! 27°C… Stupid me got a feeling early today, that this was the perfect day to run my absolutely fave 10K run. So, coming home from work this is what I set out to do. Obviously…? Obviously! 😀

This made me reflect a bit on motivation and such. I’ve noticed over the course of my run streak this far, that weather trigger my motivation. Especially ”extreme weather”. Like very hot, or very rainy, or dark, or better: rainy, snowy dark. Simply put: I get a motivation boost when the weather is generally thought of as ”bad” or not possible to run in. That spurs me on like nothing else.

Why? Possibly many reasons. One being that I started my running career some 38 years ago in orienteering, and in this sport we don’t let weather deter us. Another reason is quite obvious that I feel that I am ”better” than ”others” when I brave nature by running 10K in pitch blackness, wading through puddles of mushy, wet snow. 😀

Day 1030 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Long day at work, so tired, but out in the woods I run! 😀

Day 1029 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Day 1028 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Day 1027 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Day 1026 in run streak, 2,6 kilometres.

Day 1025 in run streak, 3,3 kilometres.

Day 1024 in run streak, 2,5 kilometres.

Of some reason, today’s run was sooo slow and I felt stiff and old. But, in the last 5 minutes I felt strong again and ended in a good mood/feeling.