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I started running because my hubby said there was no way I could run in a 5K race. That was 3 years ago and this year I even ran a half marathon. He really has had to eat his words!!!
Sian
Nice Lou-Lou,
its good to know that when you are fit and stay healthy all the treats in the world are available to you with no guilt......you just have to keep staying fit. ....easy for me,
I believe although i am sure someone will correct me, if you eat a marsbar it would 3 miles of running to rid your system of its damage.....when i look at fat people i wonder if anything can be done for some of them.
Cheers G
I started running because my relationship with alcohol was out of control. I was living in chaos with my head down the loo, and frequent blackouts.
I took up running because it was free, could fit in easily with the kids, and I have a dog.
Run my first 1/2 in February - and I will run past that pub!
Also running with a hangover is a killer!
Hey Hope 2finish
My bro is at present screwed up in a bad way with your chosen drug of choice, we all feel for him as he is out of control and no one at this time can help him, he is beyound help at present....i hope that he notices or is inspired by me, and the runs i have done as you have been.
drink destroys more lives than people can ever imagine, but it is so well disguised and hidden from view.
so sad so so sad.
Hi Gary
I hope your brother seeks help. He will only do it when he is ready though. Have you considered Al-anon for the family members?.
I still have many issues with alcohol, and I still slip, however life is so much better now than 12 months ago.
Running continues to help me in so many ways.
best wishes
HTF
I started running 7 years ago when my ex wife used to moan at me because riding cycle races took up too much time and we had a baby to look after.
So i packed in cycle racing and started to run because it took up less time so i could spend more time with family.But me been competetive meant that i soon started doing running races which pulled me and my exwife further apart,so we went our seperate ways and i have enjoyed running ever since.
To become a "runner", thats why! No really, I wanted to take my fitness seriously and thought i better start before I get too old. Also I had recently broken up with a bf.
There seemed always something very zen like about running, which has always made an impression on me as well. I'm not zen at all but when I fully warm up, I think I get close.
So I decided to take it a bit more seriously....wish I'd have done it ages ago
Haha, yeah...9 miles thats impressive for a run! I've heard that from others as well- that feeling that you could run forever... its pretty cool. I guess its that runner's high that we are chasing. But its less of a "high" and more of an overall elevation of well being.
I've been recovering from my first marathon (in NYC) so I havent run much. Can't wait for the weekend to get back into it!
At 17,while on holiday in tenerife i declared that i would run the london marathon.11 years later i've started running and feel brilliant.just done a half mara and now building up to the full one.Also its takes a lot of smirks off the faces of these people who always thought they were better and very quick to put me down.
nice to have the last laugh
I hated organised sport at school. Simply hated it, I was more interested in skyving off than in rugby or cross country. It was only after I left school that I thought about getting fit. That was way back in 1980. I heard an ad on Capital Radio (in those days on 539MW!!!!) for 'Today's Runner' - now RW - so I went and bought a copy. The advertising worked... and I started running. On and off as I didn't really know what I was doing, felt really self-conscious, my dad thought it was all a huge joke, then it all slipped. As I said some pages back, I then did the gym thing and then baby came along so I couldn't do that any more. And this bloke at work was mithering me to go running at lunchtime. So I did, and haven't looked back since, apart from when I simply couldn't - I had a motorbike accident (my own fault) and mashed my pelvis. All healed up now
I wish I'd done it properly years ago.