Hi y'all,
Today I wanna leave politics (covid and all the rules), social stuff and me (akwardness and mean people) and basically life outside the run bubble out of this post. Today I wanna focus on the after running part. So here is my top five of after run best feels in no specific order:
NUMBER 1: Food
After a long run everything just tastes sooooo much better. Just two slices of bread that you'd normally have for lunch now taste like a piece of heaven in your mouth. A big huge bowl of instant noodle soup is like a dish made by a top chef and trying to slow down in order to not burn your mouth is downright impossible. Even my post run shake tastes like the best thing ever (don't ever try it without running because they all taste like chemical dung!!) So definately eating food after a long run is one of the best feels.
Number 2: A hot shower
Getting under that hot shower, realizing you either did or did not chafe (second trumps first by far) and feling all the salt (yep that's sweat) rinse of your face...there's just hardly anything like it. Washing your hair and using that one particular (in my case very minty fresh and actually cooling) shower gel and just never wanna get out of that shower again unless there's food. Trust me a post run hot shower is just the best.
Number 3: Tea!
Tea. Huge huge huge mugs of herbal tea with honey. Why? because after all the sweat and heat and even the hot shower I tend to cool off rapidly and once I'm cold...I'm beyond repair. So after that hot shower and the food there has to be tea. The glowing hot mug in hands or resting on my belly just use every inch of heat I can use to keep warm. My favorite herbal teas are mixtures made by a local herbalist who uses all kinds of herbs to come up with amazing teas. I like the calming one a lot. It's made with chamomille, lavender, hops and lemon balm. If you're from the Netherlands and into herbal teas and herbalism than you should definately check her out https://www.polderkol.nl/
Number 4: chill hose...
Soft warm clothes to be exact. No constricting items such as tight skirts or tough fabrics such as jeans or prickly wool. The best items for me a jersey dresses, cotton leggings, wireless bra's, huge sweaters/vests, long thermo socks, my texla slippers. Again if you're from the Netherlands and totally done with cold feet you gotta check m out. These are the ones I have but they have many more https://www.texelana.nl/pantoffels/texla. I don't like to have tough fabrics touching my skin after a long run. Somehow I tend to get a bit of sensory overload after pushing myself.
Number 5: chillaxing
Last but not least one of the best feels after a long run is that feeling of total relaxation. The part where you can just slouch on the couch, Netflix and chill. Simply because your daily stepcount is through the roof anyway, you burned so many calories that no amount of food you can eat without throwing up will replace them and because honestly? You just don't wanna move any muscles unless it is absolutely necessary.
Long runs are painful, they take for ever and they can make you feel like crap but those feelings afterwards are irreplaceable and very addictive. These feels make up for just one part of why I will never stop running. They're just....the best
That's it for now, until we read again
As always, Love Marlies
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