![]() ![]() Don’t have a running track near you? Download a running app, run around your neighbourhood, and track your distance. To know if my body could actually handle a long distance run, I made sure I could survive doing the Bay Run - a 7km track around the shores of the Iron Cove Bay in Sydney. Same applies for any distance you sign up for. ![]() Signing up for a 10k probably isn’t the most logical thing to do if you have no intention of trying to run a few kilometres beforehand. So case in point, yes anything is possible and you can learn to love running… even if your legs are as short as mine. Yes, they’re not for everyone (I’m talking to the crazy-talented lot who actually run for fun), but if you’re someone who shudders at the thought of running, these steps may help you change that around. Instead, I followed these 10 simple steps. How? I can definitely tell you it wasn’t confidence, it wasn’t self-belief, and there was no training involved. While I couldn’t sleep the entire week beforehand, fast forward to this very day and I can proudly say that I crossed the finish line without bailing out halfway… and it only took me 54 minutes. To this day, I actually don’t know what was running through my head when I made the decision to do my first fun run and first 10km ever. Tell me to do a two hour HIIT class, boxing workout, or soul cycle sesh and I’ll be more than happy to, but tell me to run for a solid hour (treadmill or no treadmill), and the only place I’ll be running will be far far away from you.īut oddly enough, one day I just so happened to wake up with an urge to challenge myself and sign up to participate in Run Melbourne’s 10km run. Simply put, my body was not made for running. I’m normally a glass half-full type of person, but running is the exception. These are the 10 steps that helped me survive my first Fun Run and turned me into a self-confessed running-lover. ![]()
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