Yesterday saw me face quite a big fear of mine, I ran with a
running club. Now this may not seem like a big deal but to me it was. All day I
was feeling nervous about going, it is never fun walking into a room of people
who know each other and introducing yourself. But if I’m ever going to reach my
goal I needed to face my fears and do it. I had nothing to worry about; the
club were really friendly and really put my mind at ease.
The session started off with a 10 minute chat about
up-coming races, previous races and a general chit chat about what everyone had
been up to over the weekend. Once this ended people grouped off into abilities
and I was paired with a lovely woman. At 66 she has been running for 32 years
and competes in numerous half marathons throughout the year. She offered to
stay at my pace and go as far as I wanted. Due to the icy conditions no one
made it as far as they hoped. I managed 2.5 miles with one small stop to walk
in the middle. I found being with someone else really pushed me to go that
little bit further then I would if I run by myself.
I have set myself a mini challenge to run 20 miles by the
end of January, having only started running again on the 12th, I’ve
missed out 2 weeks of prime running time, but I’ll just have to work that
little bit harder to make up the miles. So far I have made progress with 5.7 miles.
If you’ve been thinking about joining a club and been
worried about it, I honestly suggest you just bite the bullet and go for it. I
think it’s really going to help me.
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