So it began

Luckily for me my husband Alan already had c25k on his phone so I put on a pair of shorts, grabbed my trainers and headed out there.

I didn’t know if I could if my body would let me or for how long I could do it for but I decided to give it a go and that was one of the best decisions I have made.
I won’t lie it hasn’t been easy many a day after a run I’d have to go to bed because I was just so tired my body seemed to hurt whether I ran or not but despite all that I kept on pushing through.

I discovered yoga which helps keep the adhesions flexible and mindfulness. I now have Alan back running with me he had to stop just as I started due to hip pain yet he kept encouraging me when I was struggling with running on my own he suggested I took our dog Buster for company and I suppose protection and when he got too old I took our youngster Pip until Alan rejoined me 2 years ago.

Looking back over the last few years I’ve realised I’ve achieved quite a lot not just through running though I’m pretty proud that by continually pushing myself I’ve run a marathon, several half marathons, 10k and 5ks but I feel I’ve taken control back over my life, through training for events such as HMs my eating habits have changed dramatically and I don’t think I’ve eaten so healthy although now with the pancretitis diagnosis I’m having to make some changes to that.

Whilst I don’t always look back I do sometimes wonder if I had been running before my endo diagnosis would I have coped better during those years like I am now thanks to running. Together with mindfulness it has helped me learn to deal with the dark days where constant pain can take you and even on a run that hasn’t gone according to plan my hubby’s mantra is that I’m out there doing something which I like.