Well I've been laid off my running for a while due to an ankle injury. Today I start my training again and once again will feel like a 'rookie'. Running became a part of my life 6 months before I turned 40!!! Yes, only because I needed to lose those extra kilos that creep up on us at this age!
As a schoolgirl, I was hopeless at any sort of athletic sport. No amount of trying, coaxing or even praying, could get me to run, high jump or any other of these track events. I was, however, good at swimming and did relatively well at this sport. I was clumsy and tried to play netball, to no avail and decided to leave sporting to the sporting people.
At the age of 40 or just before, I thought it to be a good idea to give walking a try to burn these extra kilos. Thus I started walking in January of 1997 and being an Aries just found that walking was too time consuming and thats' where I became a 'rookie runner'. After 3 months of slogging and 'survival shuffling', I was ready to run my first 10k race. Believe it if I tell you I came in dead last but once I held that medal in my hands, I was looking for the next race.
Being a Rookie Runner has been and still is, the best sporting challenge I have ever taken up. Please share your stories with me!
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