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My tips for the Beginner Runner

Beginner Runner

My tips for the Beginner Runner

A couple of people I know have recently got into running, it’s randomly been brought up in conversation (always in the pub) and we’ve always got onto the subject of my own running experiences. This got me thinking about what worked for me and what kept me motivated when I was a beginner runner.

The following list of tips was going to be a top 10 of running tips for the beginner but I found it hard to short-list. These tips are what I found (in reflection) to work for me. I might add I’ve missed out the one about acid reflux and bananas as that’s just me! But if you’re the same Rennie is the answer (apologies there was no real need to share that nugget). Enjoy!

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Rebooting my Fitness; getting motivated and overcoming barriers

After having 3 children and a busy life in general getting in shape again seemed impossible. I had many barriers to overcome, but I did it! This is how I got back into running which led to me getting back into fitness and rediscovering a healthy active lifestyle. http://www.busyfitmama.com/rebooting-my-fitness-getting-motivated-and-overcoming-barriers/

Rebooting my Fitness

I’m a runner, regular gym goer and probably the fittest I have ever been despite having had 3 children and now being in my mid forties.  However, my fitness levels were never always like this as I lacked motivation and thought there were too many barriers stopping me from leading a healthy active lifestyle.  This all changed two years ago when I met up with my friend Pip in the park.

Rewind 2 Years

We were enjoying or rather rejoicing the fact it was the last week of the Summer Holidays.  It was one of those play dates when you let your kids run riot and don’t pay any attention to who they are terrorising and/or annoying while you sit putting the world to rights.  It’s like white noise after a while; don’t you just love parents who do that?  Believe me, filtering it out is a highly evolved coping mechanism of mine.

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Sat in the sunshine, I was having the usual moan about life being manic, being overweight, feeling unfit, not having the time or money to do anything about it or more importantly not having the motivation.  Always the same cycle of events.  Hectic day at work, hectic post school run routine trying to feed the kids, help them with homework, prepare supper, sort the kids for the next day, reading of bedtime stories, getting the kids to bed ……..  Suddenly it would be about 9pm (ish) and there I am flopping in front of the TV, looking particularly glamorous in joggers and stained sweatshirt watching whatever happens to be on.  Might I add normally about this time one of my kids would be likely to yell, “Mum!  I haven’t done my Maths Homework and its due in tomorrow” or “Mum!!! I’ve ripped by school trousers!”  You get the picture? Sound familiar?

Anyway, back to conversation with my friend, Pip.  Instead of joining in with the usual moan (admit it we all love a Pity Party) she mentioned that she’d started running and now ran 5km 2 or 3 times a week.  She went on to say she was contemplating taking part in an organised 5km running event and was just looking for one to enter.  No! Surely not? Like me she claimed to be the busiest parent in the world!

Wow!

That stopped me in my tracks.  Pip was in the same boat as me; 3 children, a husband that travelled a lot and generally was always home late ( if home at all), plus holding down a job herself. Interested in this revelation, I wanted to know more. Read more

Don’t focus on what you are giving up but on what you are going to gain

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Don’t focus on what you are giving up but on what you are going to gain

This motivational quote is my mantra when things aren’t going to plan.  When it’s a cold dark morning, when I’ve had a bad run, when I’m not able improve on a personal best or when I’m getting nowhere with my training.  When I get to that stage and wonder what the point of it all is I think of this quote.  Instead of throwing in the towel I focus on what I will gain from it all; dropping that dress size, feeling fitter and healthier by carrying on makes it all worth it!

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Are there any quotes that motivate you to keep going?  To push yourself harder?

Time to start blogging

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Here we go! Time to start blogging

Ok so this is my first blog ever

Scary stuff but here goes!  I’ve been told by a fellow blogger friend that you look back at your first blog and cringe.  I suppose it’s like that ‘bang on trend’ haircut/style/colour you had back in the day and now your toes literally curl when you look back at photos of you with said haircut/style/colour (mine was a perm).  So I need to post something in order to get said opportunity to cringe at it.

 

I’ve always wanted to blog but have felt that I can only do this when I feel that I something worth saying and about something I feel deeply passionate about.  Think it’s always been a question of what to blog about.  Then it came to me recently that perhaps I should write about my passion for Read more

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