First Get Fit Run for Sport Relief – We had a blast!

I was joined by a handful of friends at the Manchester Regional Athletics Arena in Sportcity earlier today for the first Get Fit Run for Sport Relief and it was a blast!

Though we were training in the warm environs of Sportcity’s 200m indoor running track, the first mile wasn’t easy… I thought it would be a walk in the park having done regular training for playing football on the women’s team as a student at York University many moons ago but it was hard!

I’m so thankful I was in the company of some experienced runners, I learnt about picking a steady pace and thinking about my breathing.

Here’s a 2:40 minute video of what we got up to.  In the end I did 3 separate miles (or 5km, split over 3 separate runs of approximately 1.5km each, as pointed out by my friend Paula wh0 accompanied me for each).   5km sounds much better!

Thanks so much to Sarah, Paula, Susannah, Gill and Serena who joined me.  We had so much fun we’re planning to do it again in a fortnight. I’ll put sign up details of that later in the week; you’re welcome to join us.

It’s worth mentioning we had a surprise guest in an 11 year old Sale Harriers athlete who was there waiting for her sister who was in a pole vault training session. She joined in and lapped me and my friends at least twice!

I think she did a mile in 5-6 minutes, she was really quick. I can’t name her directly as I didn’t ask her permission but if she’s reading this: “Well done, keep it up, you’re very gifted!”

I have to say a big thank you to all the recent donors, so encouraging!!  I have more to say on this in another blog post.

Over to you? What do you think of the video? And my plans to use the Get Fit Run to train for upcoming races like the Great Manchester Run?

I’d love to know your thoughts. Share them in the comments…

Related posts:

  1. Sign Up: 7 Wonders in 7 Days Sport Relief Mile
  2. 7 Wonders in 7 Days gets running for Sport Relief 2010 – Join Us!
  3. A Quick Sport Relief Update and the Happiness Project
  4. The Full Press Release: 7 Wonders in 7 Days Get Fit Run for Sport Relief
  5. Get Fit Run #2: It’s not how you start…

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POSTED: February 27, 2010 | CATEGORY: Events

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5 Responses to “First Get Fit Run for Sport Relief – We had a blast!”

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    The next Mr motivator!!

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