Introduction

Me with the Alzheimer's vest I will wear at Silverstone

I write another blog which has nothing to do with running, and thought, rather than post training and running related updates on there I thought I would start a running blog.
My main motivation for starting this blog is, ahem, motivation. You see, I enjoy running, but some times I find it very hard to get motivated.
In February I was told I had Type 2 Diabetes, controlled by diet and exercise. I weighed in at a less than healthy 15st 10lbs, and although I am 6 feet tall it did notice. At the time I drove a forklift truck, so the weight was all carried around my middle, (fat bugger, I hear you shout, or worse maybe).
In March I started a new job, much more active and with my change of diet my weight came down to a much more healthy 13st 10lbs, and although still not ideal, it was at least heading in the right direction.
In July I started running, jogging, just with a view at first to use it to get healthy, but now 4 months down the line I have entered the Silverstone half marathon, and I have the bug.
I run around once a week with a good friend of mine, this is when I do my longer runs, and the rest of the time I run alone, these are the times when the motivation can take a hit. I tend to run around the area I live in, which is a large housing estate, plenty of paths, but not much to look at. We are quite close to some nice open countryside, but I always think the roads are a little busy to run these alone. Am I making to much of the danger factor, who knows?
Well, I will try to use this blog as help with the motivation, updating it with training details, and such like. I don't mind for one minute if people want to leave comments, but the one thing I do ask is that you don't waste your time making them rude. Google Blogger recognises certain words and automatically deletes them. Having said that, if Google miss them, I wont. You honestly will just be wasting your time.

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