Amy Hart Instagram – Not my usual kind of post but something that I’m proud of and has been a big part of my 2025 so far! As you may have noticed (and may have commented 🙃🤣🫣) I wasn’t a bouncer backer after having Stanley. My mum joined @foxyladiesrunningclub 6 years ago and has been nagging me to do their learn to run course where you meet up once a week for 8 weeks and chat to other ladies whilst you build up your running. Week one we couldn’t believe we had run for 3 minutes without stopping, yesterday we ran a continuous 5k and I ran it in 36:56! Even this week I was unsure I was going to be able to run more than the 15 minute intervals we’d done but I managed it! But me running 5k is not what this post is about…..
‘5k is literally nothing’ ‘at that pace you’re basically walking’ ‘Forget all this stop start and just try and run’ I’ve heard it all over the last 8 weeks. Some people well meaning, some people well nasty 🤣. I am not a runner and I would never have thought I would have actually gone out on a run because i wanted to (or because I had massive FOMO from missing the group run the day before as I was so ill I couldn’t get out of bed!) but I’m actually joining the running club and have made lovely friends through the group!! Having a running coach (@generalgriggs_ 🧡) who believed in us even when we didn’t believe in ourselves made such a huge difference and I never understood my mums claims of ‘chatting the whole way round’ but after 8 weeks of talking @jessicapcraft and I finally ran out of subjects and had to shout at my mum to slow down and tell us about her night out for the last km 🤣 so the point of this post is, go and try a new hobby in 2025!!! I’ve met the best people that I would never have met anywhere else, got fitter, healthier and learned a new skill! Everyone has to start somewhere and don’t let other peoples opinions stop you from doing things!! You’re only in a race with yourself at the end of the day!! No marathons for me, just maybe a 10k and I’d like to get to a 35 min 5k and continue to enjoy my running and continue getting to know the AMAZING ladies from my course 🧡🧡 | Posted on 24/Feb/2025 01:45:53
