Starting again in time for the New Year

[ItstheMarchHare]

So, I graduated just before christmas, but as I go at the pace of a slow snail, I’ve decided to do the programme again, but speed up a little this time. W1R1 and W1R2 complete and I was able to enjoy them both so much more the second time around.

When I started in September I felt like a complete fraud who had no place thinking she could be a runner. I felt like everyone was judging me for walking and running and kept my head down and tried to pretend I wasn’t there.

I kept at it and by the end of the programme I realised there was just one person judging me and that was me. I can plod around the park now and value the time that I am spending doing something healthy for myself.

Repeating W1 is a revelation- it is so much fun. I’m looking around, saying hello to people, enjoying being in the park, testing my body to see what it can do.

It’s made me wonder what else that voice in my head stops me from enjoying. I can’t go back and repeat weeks of my life, but I can use the New Year to try to see things differently. Here’s to a New Year of opportunities for all of us.

[DebJogsOn Graduate]

So true about the only person judging you is you. As soon as we stop worrying what everyone else is thinking and are not so hard on ourselves things are bound to be much more fun 😁. Thanks for the reminder!

Happy New Year and happy running 😊

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

I kinda repeated the first one a few times as it’s a run/jog on my training app... have lots of fun with your current plan, it’s a great way of assessing just how far you’ve come and how much fitter you are.

[AceitGirl Graduate]

So true ItstheMarchHare the voice in our heads is the one to send us astray. I like the way you have challenged yourself on what else this voice stops you from enjoying. It has made me curious too about the little voice in me too and I will be sure to grab those new opportunities in the new year.

All the best for 2019.