#allieruns

Whether you are running for 30 seconds or for several hours you are a runner.

As soon as you strap your feet into your trainers and step foot outside the door or onto the treadmill, you are a runner.

You don’t have to be the fastest; the one who goes the furthest; the one who struggles least; the one who runs the longest - You are still a runner.

Missed a run? Missed a week even? You are still a runner.

At the start of a training program, like C25K? Just getting moving more? Running marathons? You’re all runners.

This community should be for everyone, no one has the right to make you feel bad for what you are achieving. You’re only competition and measure of success is yourself - your personal runner journey.

Photo one is my running shoes presently.

Photo 2 is when I got them nearly 6 years ago! 😂

Hello! Anyone still out there?

Today.

3 and 5 minute runs.

Last 5 was a biiiiitch. I think it was partly cause I didn’t know where to go for that bit so was a bit like ‘eerrr where am I going I still have 3 minutes left’.

Just got to deal with the mental fall out that going back in a process I recognise feels like it’s highlighting the difference between what I was and what I am.

My C25K was interesting today.

I’m currently working on week 3. I’ve done it everyday for 3 days and will continue.

When I chose which week to do it was because I could literally only just make 3 minutes so decided this was a good one to start with. Today when I hit 2:30 minutes I felt like I was dying (as per at the moment) but pushed through to 3 minutes- but then within seconds I had recovered. Which isn’t usual. Usually that voice comes on hoping you’ve recovered and I’m like ‘recovered?! No!’