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This is me!

So, I've not had much of a relationship with running for the past 6 months and it's really shown in my health and fitness. I decided to take my health and fitness back. I won't lie, it was a struggle getting out of the door- I was even tempted to do housework before going! But I made myself get out of the chair, turned the TV off and put my trainers on. Set my fitbit away, pressed go on my C25K app, and the first song on my playlist- This is me! Between that and it's the final countdown on the last stretch home I knew I was doing the right thing. It was hard work. Very close and humid, high pollen (I'd taken my tablet but you could taste it in the air- on a side note I'm taking Tesco one a day hay-fever tablets and they are really working for me, and much cheaper too, I used to use the nasal sprays but started to get nosebleeds) and warm. It made the run more of a challenge but I did it. I ran for 8 minutes in total and  walked the rest, some more power walking ...
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What's the Story Morning Glory?

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Time to Catch Up

Told you I was a bad blogger! It's been about 2 weeks from my last post and I haven't been running during that time. I have, however, been doing what I need to do to look after my health. It's, possibly, the only bit of summer we are likely to get and I came down with laryngitis, blocked sinuses and chesty cough.  Typical! That's what I get for bragging that the flu jab seems to have kept everything at bay. I was off work for a few days, and so tired that the very idea of running was mythical. Due to the cough medicine (3 bottles!), and cough sweets (don't ask... but a word of warning, eating too many does funny things to your tummy) my weight is going up. But it's only a couple of pounds and I seem to be on the mend now. Still have the sneezes, the rattling cough and the blocked nose, but thy are becoming less frequent and I'm now sleeping through the night again. Anyway- back to my goal of getting fit. It wasn't a run, but I did take myself out for a...
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Can Run, Will Run!

Last year I took up running, I lost 2.5st, my resting heart rate dropped to 55bpm and I could run 5k in 45 minutes. Winter came, and I stopped running. Spring has sprung and now I am determined to recover my fitness. This is my story, my account and accountability. I can't promise to set the world on fire, but I am working on getting go faster stripes on my trainers. My purpose it to share my journey with the hope that it might help others. Life can be challenging, we all deserve to have something which makes us feel free and as if we could conquer the world. Surprisingly, for me that turned out to be running. The first time I was able to run for 5 minutes I cried. Genuinely. Good thing I had sunglasses on as I am certain the dog walkers would have thought something was wrong. I am a chunky runner and proud of it, who says fat girls can't run.... no-one! We can, we all run at our own pace and that is my mission, to run my own race at my own pace. A number of people have asked...
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