So I should have written months ago but I've always lurked in the background so thought why not post?
Anyway bit of background for you im a 29 year old overweight asthmatic who couldn't so much as get up the stairs let alone run. Started thinking that the bum was getting bigger than the mirror so maybe running was the way foward.
I started this course at the beginning of the year full of optimism and reached week 5 run 3 before breaking my ankle on the tredmil- this is what happens when you wear 14 quid trainers that do nothing for your overpronation! Anyway 16 weeks of casts, physio and a bit of determination and I started again all be it slower and outside.
The outside world is a scary place for a jeffer- the first run I did I cacked my pants at the thought that people in cars would look at my lycra karrimoor tights and think wow what a knob- turns out they didn't care who knew?
Anyway week 9 has approached... I won't lie im utterly suprised I got here. I thought the leap in week 5 to 20 minutes was just designed to kill me! What kind of nonsense is it to go from 5 minutes to 20? Behave yourselves! But I did it and now half hour is nothing. Tried it on the tredmil today and other than being utterly bored I didn't so much as get a twinge in the feet.
Graduation is Monday and I'm proud to be here- the fat asthmatic with the jiggly bum has become a runner! Not a fast one.. not a jogger.. but a runner. The health benefits are amazing- asthmatics I have been hospitalised so many times in my life I don't even count them anymore but I've stopped taking my inhaler! My heart rate has gone down, my breathing is better and obviously I am fitter with a slightly more toned bum.
Only thing I have noticed is wow am I hungry.. like.. all I want to do is eat.. I am still overweight for my height but people don't start running if you think you are going to be a usain bolt lookalike.. because I resemble more of a weeble wobble..
Just as a side note I've been documenting the "in the bag" screen splashes and putting them on Instagram with how I'm feeling and how I think I did... if you're struggling do the same and it's brilliant to look back and see how I did 30 seconds on the tredmil and nearly died..
Happy running everyone and.. I will probably be putting up the look at me I ran for 9 weeks picture up soon so.. sorry.. not sorry..