My Running Journey

October 24th — November 24th 2023

Caitlin McColl
Run With Intention
Published in
8 min readNov 25, 2023

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Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Hello fellow runners (and non-runners)!

Here I’m continuing chronicling my getting back into running journey and here’s my runs for the last month. This period’s total distance was 64.2km — again an increase from the previous periods of: 33.96km in my 1st month, 44.46km in 2nd month, and 58.68km in the 3rd month.

Tuesday October 24 — Run #44

Today was a 30 minute Harry Styles treadmill run with my Peloton app where his latest album was debuted (it was filmed a while ago obviously, because his album has been out for a while). But it was a fun run. Too much walking for my likes, so Iran more of it than they did and ran fast at the end which was fun! Good workout followed by a 10 minute full body stretch. 3.26k. Forgot to stop my Fitbit after the run though and was in the middle of stretching when I remembered!

Friday October 27 — Run #45.

I got out the door at 8:15am, and ran halfway up the block and then ran back home. Because it was only 2 degrees Celsius and even though I layered up with 2 pairs of socks, fleece lined leggings underneath another pair of leggings, a long sleeved shirt, jacket, hat and two pairs of gloves it was still WAY too cold! So I went home and sat around for about half…

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Caitlin McColl
Run With Intention

Writer on mental health, grief & loss, mindfulness, running, life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. Vancouver 🇨🇦