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It took me almost 4 years, but I finally joined a running club! I\u2019ve been following this particular group, local to me, on Facebook for years. However, the thought of actually going gave me pretty severe social anxiety! I did actually go once a few years ago but I turned up, didn\u2019t spot any runners, got scared and drove home! Turned out I had the wrong place but didn\u2019t try going again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I joined in January, and I have been around 5 times now. The first time was pretty scary. I was mainly worried about the social aspect; running and chatting with strangers! I told myself that everyone would already know each other and no-one would want to talk to me. I worried that I would be the slowest runner and hold everyone up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out I needn\u2019t have worried! Everyone has been super friendly and apparently I\u2019m not as bad at striking up a conversation with new people as I thought! After my second time at run club I even braved the post run drink at the pub! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously I had to buy new gear to fit in with my new running buddies. We run at half 6 in the evening, so at this time of the year it’s pretty dark at this time. On my first time, my husband sent me off with his hi-vis vest and head torch. Whilst plenty of people there were wearing head torches, they were not wearing building site issue hi-vis vests! I ordered a funky new chest light from amazon that I spotted the cool kids wearing. I will post links to items that I have bought and found useful, along the way in my running journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, running club has taught me lots about running! Shock! I have learnt about pacing, breathing, shoes, just to name a few things. I now know that you should be able to talk and run at the same time and not be desperately out of breath. We have talked a lot about trainers. Mainly I learnt that I needed new ones. I was running in my worn out Nike trainers that I had bought at the beginning of lockdown, when I had started going out for my daily walks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got talked into going for a gait analysis too. This was very useful; more about that another time! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet my lovely new Asics trainers. Sadly, no nice pretty pink trainers for me. I have huge feet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All in all, I am now running faster overall. I am able to run further on my own and feel like I could run further too! I have also made some friends and it gets me out of the house and meeting nice new people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is just the beginning of my running club fun on Tuesday evenings. I’ll post more about how I get on in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took me almost 4 years, but I finally joined a running club! I\u2019ve been following this particular group, local to me, on Facebook for years. However, the thought of actually going gave me pretty severe social anxiety! I did actually go once a few years ago but I turned up, didn\u2019t spot any runners, […]<\/p>\n

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