Hello everyone, have bought my running shoes, have downloaded the app and started the journey. Have chosen Laura as my running mate to start me off later on today.
When the heavy rain eventually clears in Bath, I will be starting my first run in nearby Linear Park which is popular with dog walkers, cyclists and fellow runners so won't be alone.
Right then, so this is a picture of me taken at the Courts Gardens in Holt a couple of weeks ago. Today is Day 1, sticking to a healthy eating plan I hope to look different in three months' time.
It will be mid January 2019 by then so would have got through the cold winter months, Christmas and New Year and all the gatherings and celebrations that come with it, together with the inevitable large round tins of Roses, Heroes and Celebrations at work that suddenly seem to appear at this time of year ... you know the score. It will be a great test of how much resolve and determination I have within me to think of how much I want to shrink in size and shape and become much more photogenic. The end result will be better than grabbing a handful of individual bite size chocolates from these tins with no thought of how much fat and sugar are in each one. How about if I make this my end-of-the-year Resolution?
I have been following and reading so many uplifting posts on this site and so pleased I have found you all. I have also seen several posts regarding a park run. However, will get to that inevitable stage when I get to it and feel ready for it.
Have also followed someone's post on twitter who says 'Slow Running is better than No Running', how true. Will keep following everyone's tips, advice and postings as they are so good to read. Will update you all later on when I have done this run.
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Thank you so much for such a lovely reply, have loaded up all the links and have found them invaluable, have loaded up all 9 of the Podcasts on the NHS Couch to 5K link and have read with great interest the link to the Running Groups in my area. I am now inspired even more to achieve the unthinkable and actually start running for the first time in decades.
I really liked Laura's video on the NHS link as well and can now see all the positive benefits of running and how much it will help me slim down, improve my heart health and lung function.
Well done and thank you for being such great support. All of you are so amazing and wonderful.
Fab, go as slow as you can. My first run was the worst, but I think that was because I hadn’t worked out how to go slow - and also I was dreading appearing in public in a state of jogging. I’m now on week 4 and loving it 😊
Hi there, thank you for your kind words, am not a bit scared of going out in public and starting to run. After all, when you think about it we were all learner drivers once and nobody laughed at us then. Looking forward to starting out in the local park.
Hi Chataholic - Welcome to the club (its a forum, but it feels like a club right?!).
You can absolutely do this, hardening your resolve and getting out there in the first place is the biggest and hardest step, now all you need to do, is follow the plan.
There will be hard days, there will be great days, there will be days you think you can't possibly do this or run "that far..." - but you can and you will..... So many of us have done the journey now and we've all been through it. Don't worry about speed or distance, just about the next run and you. The only person you need to be better than is yourself, and you're pretty amazing already for starting!
Oldfloss - One of the mentors here posted a quote a few months back while I was on the bridge to 10k and feeling low and it has always stuck with me - "a mile is still a mile, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you do it"
Enjoy the journey - its fun (no, it really is!! lol)
Chataholic you're in the right place at the right time and with the right attitude.... Right here and right now! The changes you want to make will not happen overnight, a slow but sure improvement will most likely be your new permanent. Staying injury free by following the good advice on here will be key to your success. Good luck, go for it and keep posting! 🤞 👍
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First Park Run since Graduation😊
First 'run/jog' since school (26 years ago!) - just completed W1R1 :-)
Outside running first time, boy was it hard!
First Park Run tomorrow
Woohoo thats the first run I have done since school 36 years ago
