Reluctant Blogger??

This week I have looked more like this lady than the original happy, skippy, cheerful runner of my first post! Well I turned into a reluctant blogger too over the past week!

Things have been a little hectic and I had a major low week on the motivation front. Not unexpected but so soon?? 

Busy week of work and then my lovely boyfriend got a job taking him away from me very quickly all week!! Cue sad face :-( So, I decided to let myself wallow a little and yes, progress was halted. 

However today I have taken charge! Seen this as an opportunity and taken the time I suddenly had to myself to dig out my running plan, book my training days in my diary and do a healthy menu for the week ahead... watch this space as I am starting to run... I am feeling a little bit excited about it too! 

Recruits!

Well, I have to say I definitely picked the correct title with 'reluctant' runner, as apart from a walk in the freezing cold I am yet to officially commence training... not I have to say through lack of interest but actually a frantic couple of days work wise. However, this is the whole point! I love my work and running my business and as a result I can quite happily spend all my time doing that. Great as that is, I need to create some balance, some energy and some fitness into my life. I am told that some of the greatest ideas can happen when the mind is freed through exercise so lets see...

So... a friend has agreed to start a beginners plan with me locally from next week which is great news! I am good with appointments so appointments it is! Another friend has also signed up to do the run on the back of my entry, and it would be great to run together in summer, so I have some catching up to do! 

It is amazing how actually a bit of support does help you feel like getting going...couch to 5k plan it is to start with! and I will be doing a class at the gym before the week is out! Watch this space 

Going Public

Well, I debated with myself about keeping my blog and my entry to the Great South Run to myself... no one really needed to know did they? No one is really going to be interested? I could just type away my thoughts as the weeks go by and then attempt the run... But, I realised that by not going public, I was giving myself a get out clause! If I really hate it (which I will to begin with), If I have weeks when I don't feel I can run and panic more and more about the rubbish time I am likely to get, then...if nobody knows I can just not turn up.

Well, this won't do. So, I am running for charity for a cause I believe in, the NSPCC and I am telling anyone and everyone who is interested what I am doing!

Brilliant... now I really have to do it. In an ideal world it wouldn't take this kind of potential for public humiliation to get me moving and believing I can run, but I am going with it for now, until I get into my stride...literally!

In the midst of all this panic and uncertainty about the commitment I am making, I realised one good thing - I am going to need to go shopping! The best part of any new fitness regime, getting the right kit! So, this week I am going to check out the 'essentials' I will be needing and I have also already printed a 'beginner's' training plan.
I think I might have a cuppa tea and a bourbon biscuit to celebrate my brilliance so far... :-)

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Today is the day!

Hello and welcome to my blog! The lady you see here looks happy and sprightly as she runs in the water... she is not me. I have never looked that happy whilst running (though I doubt she was really required to run far for this shot). But,  is it possible to look happy and be running? I have heard that there are people that love it, enjoy it even and I have always envied them and wanted to be a 'happy runner', but it has not come to pass as yet! 

Why am I rambling? Well, I have not become a happy runner because I haven't on any real level attempted to be. I have started, stopped, given up even. However I have made a decision that this year, I am going to overcome  my belief that 'I cannot run' and find a way of enjoying it and getting fit. 

I work with clients all the time on making changes, stepping out of their 'comfort zone' and getting over those things that hold them back. Odd as it sounds, I believe that my nagging desire to be able to run, but constant belief that I can't do it, holds me back! 

Despite this decision, I remain a reluctant runner... I have thought about doing this on and off for approximately 2 years! Since deciding to set up a blog and sign up to a run, I have already left it a week before doing anything about it. So, today is the day. Today I am signing up to the Great South Run and I am going to run for Charity. 

I am then going to blog about my experiences of making fitness a priority, getting off the couch and learning to run. I will say this at the very beginning - I am unlikely to get a good time, though I will publish my time at the end, my aim is simple - run and get round the Great South Run without collapsing. 

If you are interested in my progress... watch this space and I will provide links to my charity page soon!

Welcome on the journey...