02/09/2026
Run 1 is officially in the bag and I can already tell this is going to be a beautifully chaotic journey ๐๐โโ๏ธ
Iโve somehow gone from doing basically no running to having a half marathon looming over me like an unpaid bill. Excellent planning from me, as always ๐ค๐คก
Todayโs mission was simply to get out, keep it steady and start building some actual running fitness. Nothing dramatic.
Naturally, within one run Iโd questioned my life choices, negotiated extensively with myself and temporarily lost the dogs to the local wildlife ๐ฆ๐๐จ
Butโฆ I DID IT. And thatโs sort of the point.
I donโt need every run to be pretty, fast or particularly enjoyable. I just need to keep turning up and hope that somewhere along the way my body gets the memo that weโre running 21.1km in October ๐
19 runs sounded quite a lot before today.โจ18 suddenly sounds alarmingly few.
1 down. 18 to go ๐ซก๐โโ๏ธ
Place your bets now: half marathon finisher ๐
or found crying in a hedge at mile 9? ๐๐