THE BEGINNER'S BLOG

Where do I start? December, in my view, was not a runner’s friend. I’m pretty sure that it was very wet, then cold and wet and then snowy. And if the elements weren’t like this for the whole month then it definitely felt as though they were.

On top of this, December is THE month of excess. I resolved to keep healthy and Thoosa’s nutritional Christmas tips definitely helped. It was great to start every day having a healthy thought, even if I knew I wasn’t going to be strictly saintly. However, a few Christmas parties down, and with some long lunches that went on well into the evening, running, I’m afraid, took a bit of a back seat. What’s worse is that I stupidly confessed this whilst having a tipsy conversation one evening with a group of pretty incredible runners. Rain, shine, Sundays they are out there, and so it seems soon I will be too.

Whilst everyone was vaguely impressed with my new found running form, no one was impressed with my fair weather attitude. And, in all the Christmas merriment, instead of keeping schtum I agreed that my performance lacked dedication and asked ‘what to do’? BIG MISTAKE.

The answer, as it, so sober now obviously would be, was ‘sign up for a race’, ‘a real challenge’ and ‘do it now and do it soon to keep the motivation’. And so it begins.