Let's get started

This blog is for anyone who's thought that they should really be taking some exercise and that maybe running might be good. That was me a few months ago when I felt I really needed to do something about my complete lack of fitness.

I thought "just get on with it". But in the past I've only managed to sustain the fitness routine for a few weeks, a few months at best. So I set myself a goal... run a marathon. I tried that a few years before but constant injuries put paid to that. So this time I took it slowly, followed lots of advice, sought inspiration from some and motivation from others.

Seven months later and I managed to complete my first marathon - yeahhhh! So now I'm more or less hooked, and keen to do better, yet finding the endless runs a bit of a bore, I'm going to vary things a bit. Road running for sure, but also off road. Definitely the gym, swimming and maybe cycling later. So I'll track how things go here. If you find it helps to answer some thought of yours about getting in to long distance running, or you have some tips and ideas for me - then great!