On the run

Never in all my days would I have dreamed to have met someone just as lockdown began. I could literally feel the walls close in as I realised we had just realised the predicament we were about to be in. So, a little bend of the rules; the only way I could think of us meeting up was to extend an invitation to meet for an isolated run. Seemed as good an excuse as ever given the scenario. Anyone asked? We lived together.

Unfortunately, I hadn't done a huge amount of running before. Nor had he. But, he accepted my offer, and we haven't looked back!

We have been together now for a month; a relationship built primarily on learning how to breathe and talk and run and get fit simultaneously; alongside some exponential accumulation of our WhatsApp screen-time. I'm stoked to say, we completed our first half marathon together just over two weeks ago!

Words without speech. Feelings without touch. Love in times of Covid!