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Hi All,
Been lurking around these forums for a few days and looks a great place for advice and friendly support. So in light of my recent 'new leaf' decision thought I'd register and say hi!
A bit about me - I'm a 30 year old guy living in sunny Brighton. I've always been fairly fit and athletic but since I started a new job earlier in the year, I've let myself go big time over eating, drinking and even reverting back to smoking at one point (a habit I kicked years ago). This is mainly due to stress in my job. Three weeks ago I hit a brick wall and just couldn't function at all at work and ultimately had to be signed off. Since then, I have been basically lying on the couch eating rubbish and feeling sorry for myself.
Enough is enough. I've come to the realisation that nothing is going to change unless I make positive changes to my life and part of this is to take pride in myself physically again. Abusing my body is not going to help with my problems at work. In fact it is probably making it far worse.
It has been a long standing ambition of mine to complete a marathon - something I just never got round to. Therefore in order to help turn my life around and at least get me focused and back in shape, I have decided to get back into running with the ultimate aim being a marathon. I appreciate that this cannot be achieved overnight and is going to take a lot of work and commitment. I plan to start small - training for a 10k initially then work up 10 mile, a few half marathons and then the biggie! Can anyone advise a reasonable timescale for each stage? I want to push myself, but not overdo it and end up giving up or injured. I have run sporadically in the past but only ever done one race (Great North Run 10 years ago!), so whilst I'm not perhaps a total beginner its going to be a long hard slog before I'm anywhere near prepared for a race. I'm unfortunately not 20 anymore!
Anyway, I am about to lace up and go out for my first run (aiming to complete 4 miles at an easy pace). Look forward to talking to you all and updating my progress in the future!
Thanks for reading!
Been lurking around these forums for a few days and looks a great place for advice and friendly support. So in light of my recent 'new leaf' decision thought I'd register and say hi!
A bit about me - I'm a 30 year old guy living in sunny Brighton. I've always been fairly fit and athletic but since I started a new job earlier in the year, I've let myself go big time over eating, drinking and even reverting back to smoking at one point (a habit I kicked years ago). This is mainly due to stress in my job. Three weeks ago I hit a brick wall and just couldn't function at all at work and ultimately had to be signed off. Since then, I have been basically lying on the couch eating rubbish and feeling sorry for myself.
Enough is enough. I've come to the realisation that nothing is going to change unless I make positive changes to my life and part of this is to take pride in myself physically again. Abusing my body is not going to help with my problems at work. In fact it is probably making it far worse.
It has been a long standing ambition of mine to complete a marathon - something I just never got round to. Therefore in order to help turn my life around and at least get me focused and back in shape, I have decided to get back into running with the ultimate aim being a marathon. I appreciate that this cannot be achieved overnight and is going to take a lot of work and commitment. I plan to start small - training for a 10k initially then work up 10 mile, a few half marathons and then the biggie! Can anyone advise a reasonable timescale for each stage? I want to push myself, but not overdo it and end up giving up or injured. I have run sporadically in the past but only ever done one race (Great North Run 10 years ago!), so whilst I'm not perhaps a total beginner its going to be a long hard slog before I'm anywhere near prepared for a race. I'm unfortunately not 20 anymore!
Anyway, I am about to lace up and go out for my first run (aiming to complete 4 miles at an easy pace). Look forward to talking to you all and updating my progress in the future!
Thanks for reading!