Some situations come up unexpectedly, enter our lives without knocking on the door and remain unsaid until when. Thus, a reality that a few months ago seemed like science fiction entered our daily lives like a tornado and turned everything upside down.
The coronavirus made us appreciate many things that we used to take for granted, things as simple as leaving our homes, giving a hug to a friend or training with a team. The pandemic was an unprecedented adaptation challenge, and who had to adapt more than athletes!
We had to give up the season (which was interrupted), collective training, running with friends... We had to get creative inside our homes during the confinement and get back on track as soon as we were allowed to set foot outside.
I came back from the States in a bit of a hurry when the situation here was already quite worrying. And since then my month and a half of confinement began. It wasn't easy, you know that, being cooped up in the house for so long. And even more so for us athletes, who are used to being out and about. I tried to stay busy and active as much as possible, but in the reduced space of an urban apartment it was not an easy task. And that day when we were finally told that we could go out for a little run I couldn't get over the joy. Little by little we adapted to this new normality and these new circumstances, but there is still a long way to go until athletics, sports and life in general return to the way it was before.
In difficult times we have to be positive, so that we don't fall apart, and realistic, so that the circumstances don't take us by surprise. I want to be positive in the hope that all this will get better, that soon we will be competing again and training with complete normality. I also want to be realistic, keeping the precautionary measures and giving this extraordinary situation the importance it deserves.
See you next time!
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