I was scrolling though my camera
album on my phone this week when I came across the image below. This was a
photo I sent to Toby one evening exactly six months ago, showing him my running
kit ready for the morning. I think his response was something along the lines
of "LOL let's see if you actually get up in the morning"!
Well I believe I did, it wasn't
far and it wasn't pretty but over the next few weeks I got out more and more
and by the end of March we had joined the gym. I learned of the Redway Runners
and of the proposed Zero to Hero programme and the rest as they say is history!
Since that first run I have
vastly improved my 5k from, well, not being able to run 5k, to 37 minutes in
those early days to 22:47 at the latest parkrun. I have met so many lovely
people and most of all I am having fun!
This week on Sunday a few zero's
got together for a long run. On the way out we discussed various disaster scenarios
from being struck by lightning, 'death by bumblebee' and bridge collapse. Fortunately
there was nothing quite so dramatic and we all made it back in one piece (with
a minor detour as we got a tiny bit lost).
Monday was Martin's muddy bank
holiday run. I think my abs got more of a workout from giggling so much on the
way round. It was a brilliant run although I have to confess my wet stinky
trainers are still loitering around somewhere oooops!
My aim for this week was to get
to the gym a bit more as I have been a bit absent over the last few weeks. I
made it on Friday night (I know, how rock and roll) but had to settle for a
workout at home to finish the week!
Still there is always next week,
let see what it brings!
Amanda
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