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Twenty-something vet running for my mental health and hoping you will too

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I only had 20 minutes spare in between tidying the house, putting the washing away, walking the dog and attempting to make both myself and my hair 👩🏼presentable for lunch at my in-laws. But it felt important to me today. * So I walked the 🐶 as a warmup and headed straight back out for a 20 minute (well 17:45) pyramid sprint interval session doing 🏃‍♀️30, 45, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45 and finally 2 minute sprints with an easy pace in between but still running (this started off at 9min miles and ended up around 11 🙈) I know the rest of the day will feel so much better having squeezed in that little bit just for me. Oh, and I hid the washing under the bed and used a whole can of dry shampoo instead of washing my hair to save time.. PRIORITIES LADIES 😁 * * * #runr #runhappy #ukrunchat #runninggirl #runningmotivation #runningformentalhealth #sprintsession #sprintintervals #runnersofintagram #instarunners #womenrunners #brookswomen #sundayrun #headspace #runningtips
Put the ark back in the shed.. 🚤 it’s finally stopped raining, sun’s out and it’s PARKRUN DAY!! ☀️ After a 10 day break from running my legs felt fresh, even if my body is still fairly knackered from my week of nights. Chipped another few seconds off my time.. But the best thing was seeing one of my vet colleagues running!! I encouraged her to start running a few weeks ago to help manage her stress... and she’s already on her third parkrun 💪🏻🏃‍♀️ Is there somebody you know that you could help get going? Why not send them a message (or a call!) and invite them with you next week? Everything is better together.. 👭❤️ . . . #parkrun #parkrunner #parkrunday #loveparkrun #goodr #runtogether #runr #runhappy #brookswomen #brooksrunning #ukrunchat #thisgirlcanrun #thisgirlcan #vetlife #vetmed #vetsofinstagram #wellvet #runninggirl #runningblog #runningmotivation #nottswomenrunners
Clearing my head with some time in the pool after finishing an intense week of nightshifts 🏊‍♀️ Absolutely knackered but it was amazing to finish by arranging the discharge of a gorgeous Labrador that I did emergency surgery on during the night on Monday. Makes it all worthwhile seeing her back to her waggy self and on her way home 🐶🚨 Swimming felt tough but I need to remember I’ve just finished 7 nightshifts so that is A O K!! And my goggles cover the bags under my eyes 😂 Today is about getting my head and body back into my happy space with a triathlon of swimming, yoga and piano lesson with @andrewpianonotts !! 🏊‍♀️ 🧘🏼‍♀️ 🎹 . . . #swim #swimming #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanswim #vetsofinstagram #vetlife #stayingactive #mentalhealth #wellvet #uktrichat #swimlikeagirl #speedo #activenotts #pooltime
Something about running a marathon that I wanted to share with all of you.. in the last month after running @londonmarathon I have been asked SO many times (by friends, family, clients and complete strangers) “How was the marathon, did you enjoy it??” 🏃‍♀️To which I’ve answered how much I loved every second, and what unbelievable support I received. I can’t count how many times I’ve had this conversation, and how proud I’ve felt to answer the question. . . But here’s the bit I really wanted to share.. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been asked how quickly I ran it!! And of the few who have asked me they’ve just been mega impressed I ran for as long as I did; I genuinely think they’d be less impressed if I told them I’d done it in 2 hours 😂 So think about this next time you’re stressing about time or feeling disappointed with a result, whether it’s 1 mile or 26.2 miles. You want to answer that question saying you felt amazing. Nobody cares how fast you did or didn’t run so never beat yourself up about it or feel bad- you’re amazing 💜 . . . #runninggirl #runhappy #ukrunchat #runr #londonmarathon #marathontraining #marathoner #runlikeagirl #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanrun #runningmotivation #towerbridge #marathonrunning #guidedogsrunner #teamguidedogs #vlm2019 #runningformentalhealth #getoutside #stayingactive
I’m stuck into a week of nightshifts now, which is rubbish. So I’m taking time to remember my favourite moments of my run in the Peaks on Monday.. including meeting this lovely lady! 🐮 Hoping to eek out that happy post-run feeling for as long as possible! Anyone else met any good creatures on your runs? I climbed over a wall last week to avoid running past some geese... 🙈 . . . #cowsofinstagram #fellrun #fellrunning #peakdistrict #peakdistrictrunning #hathersage #burbageedge #salomonrunning #trailrunning #ukrunchat #runr #vetsofinstagram #cowphotos #runhappy #runninggirl
Yesterday started by waking up at 4am feeling really anxious. When I decided I definitely wasn’t going back to sleep I started listening to an interview with incredible ultrarunner @jenscotney on the Of Mountains and Minds podcast with @caromckay. By the end I was inspired to get up and run myself into a better place.. specifically the Peak District! 🏃‍♀️ . I had a beautiful run ip past Higger Tor in Hathersage, with a route from @mudchalkandgears And I even ended up having tea with Jen and her beagle Sherlock afterwards!! 🐶☺️ This is how running changes my life.. by changing one day at a time. I wrote a little piece about it (link in my bio) with some of the piccies from my run if you fancy a read with your morning ☕️ 🥐 . #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #hathersage #burbageedge #higgertor #fellrunning #fellrun #trailrunning #ukrunchat #runr #brookswomen #brooksrunning #brooksravenna #ofmountainsandminds #runhappy #runninggirl #runningblog #peakdistrictrunning

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