ihadablackdog
Senior member
So today saw a huge milestone (no pun intended) in my weightloss journey.
In the past I have run several marathons, but lack of motivation resulted in gaining weight, making running too hard, so I stopped. That last marathon was 2007.
In the years that followed, the exercise remained zero but the eating continued....
all the way to 20 stone! (I think at one point it was over 21).
So, last June I had a new found motivation to sort it out and started the Cambridge diet. This helped me get down to 14 stone by May.
In January I started a "beginners/returners running course" and got to 5k by March.
Since then I have been running 3 times a week with a friend and we built our stamina up to run 10k in just over an hour.
I let her talk me into doing the Woolacombe 10k and we focused on that. The heat we've had recently caused us problems, but today was race day.
To say I was bricking it would be an understatement! It's an offroad course (which I hate) and part of the North Devon AONB marathon (one of the hardest in the country).
We did it in 1hr 18 which I was pleased with considering the hills and the heat.
At one point I went arse-over tit into brambles and stinging nettles as I got too fast momentum on a downhill section! Got cuts on my legs from the brambles but its the stinging nettles I am feeling at the moment!
Neither off us are "born" runners, and are not whippets, but considering where I've come from (i.e. let myself get so overweight) this is a real achievement for me....the first proper race (not that I was racing) for 12 years!
Sorry to bore you all with my self-praise but wanted to share it.
In the past I have run several marathons, but lack of motivation resulted in gaining weight, making running too hard, so I stopped. That last marathon was 2007.
In the years that followed, the exercise remained zero but the eating continued....
all the way to 20 stone! (I think at one point it was over 21).
So, last June I had a new found motivation to sort it out and started the Cambridge diet. This helped me get down to 14 stone by May.
In January I started a "beginners/returners running course" and got to 5k by March.
Since then I have been running 3 times a week with a friend and we built our stamina up to run 10k in just over an hour.
I let her talk me into doing the Woolacombe 10k and we focused on that. The heat we've had recently caused us problems, but today was race day.
To say I was bricking it would be an understatement! It's an offroad course (which I hate) and part of the North Devon AONB marathon (one of the hardest in the country).
We did it in 1hr 18 which I was pleased with considering the hills and the heat.
At one point I went arse-over tit into brambles and stinging nettles as I got too fast momentum on a downhill section! Got cuts on my legs from the brambles but its the stinging nettles I am feeling at the moment!
Neither off us are "born" runners, and are not whippets, but considering where I've come from (i.e. let myself get so overweight) this is a real achievement for me....the first proper race (not that I was racing) for 12 years!
Sorry to bore you all with my self-praise but wanted to share it.
