Category: running and life

Age 56 How did you first get into running? I enjoyed cross country at school but I used to end up running with my best mate. He didn’t like running at all and wasn’t very quick so I would end up finishing last with him. I remember watching the London Marathon in about 2000. It […]

Age: 34 How did you first get into running? I used to run track for the school when I went to Hereford. I had a trial for England when I was about 12. I was skinny and small, but the coach encouraged me to concentrate on the 800 and 1500 metres. When I was 13 […]

Age: 62 How did you first get into running? At university and into my early 30s my sport was squash. I only ran a bit to keep fit; always on my own and as a means to an end.  All changed one summer’s evening when my opponent didn’t turn up for a match. I decided […]

Age: 48 How did you first get into running? I’m literally a lockdown runner. In March 2020, like so many people, I had to work at home. I’ve always struggled with my weight, mostly through eating the wrong types of food. I knew that, being confined to home, it could go one of two ways […]

Age: 27 How did you first get into running? You had to run cross country at school (John Beddoes in Presteign) but I was more into squash. I played at County level until left school. When I got to 6th Form I didn’t do well in my mocks and I got kicked out. I went […]