Thankfully, the weekend before the race I did manage to run 10k again, only this time I ran 6.92 miles without stopping! Lots of people boosted my confidence and encouraged me by telling me about the amazing atmosphere on race day and how fellow runners set the pace and make you run faster. But I did enjoy getting my daughter involved, and she even ran 4 miles with me and encouraged me to do my fastest time yet. Then on Mothers’ Day, my girls treated me to a healthy breakfast of scrambled eggs on wholegrain toast and I was granted some time off just for myself, so I left the house and I ran for 6.40 MILES - 10k and some!īetween then and the end of April I wasn’t able to repeat this achievement, as my life is so jam packed and I'm often exhausted by the end of the day. But 56 minutes later we had run 4.56 miles and I realised that chatting with her had actually helped the time go faster and was really rather enjoyable.Īnother 4 weeks passed and I was disappointed that I still hadn’t managed to run further than 5 miles. One Sunday I asked a friend to run with me, and I really struggled, because I was used to running listening to music and I had to keep asking her to stop talking to me. These setbacks were upsetting but I learned to just stick with it and keep going, as I knew it was doing me good. Some days I could run for ages and on others I couldn’t run half a mile without stopping for a breather. I am no runner but I wanted to get fit, so I signed up to the race and decided to run in support of a charity close to my heart, which gave me the motivation to persevere. I was half way into my training for the Bristol 10k – 6 weeks in and I had managed to run half the distance, despite enduring some pain and shedding a few tears. Some of you may remember my blog from a few months back.
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