This morning was when of those days where despite having the warmest weather since I've been in Germany - 21C/70F - the sun was shining and there were no clouds in the sky. It was one of those morning where I hit snooze on my alarm a few times, and then after I proceeded to wake up, I decided to lay in bed and read some blogs instead of changing into my running clothes. It wasn't until nearly an hour after I had woken up that I could finally drag myself out of bed.
Even then, sometimes getting into the run will motivate me to push harder and get into it. That didn't happen today. Instead, all I could think about was how today was my last morning in Berlin, and how hot it felt, and how tired I felt. I have no doubts that the stress from finals week, trying to find an apartment for the summer in Berlin when I won't be able to meet anyone in person, trying to figure out how to get a new visa, and the sadness of ending the semester with some great people exhausted me and drained me of all motivation for the week. I took my run slowly, with many walking breaks and didn't even keep a record of my time.
Although it wasn't a record-breaking or hard run for me, sometimes I just need those days to take a break and use the run as a way to clear my thoughts rather than challenging and pushing myself. Sometimes I have to remind myself that breaks are okay, to let my mind and body recover a little bit to get my motivation back.
However this run was not all bad, I managed to snap a few last pictures of my last run in Berlin for the semester:
I will definitely miss running through Tiergarten in the mornings, no matter how grey and cold it was for 75% of those runs. I'm so glad that I got to see what it's like in the springtime, and even though I won't be living so close to it in the summer, I look forward to taking long walks in the park!
I'm sitting surrounded by suitcases as I type. My next stop: Paris. Expect lots of skincare, beauty, food, and typical tourist posts!
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