I was 58, two stone heavier than I wanted to be and had not run since school. Nine weeks later I ran five kilometres along the seafront without stopping and cried at the end. Huw ran at the back with me the whole way.
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Collected independently after a runner's first month. Six of them here, including the one about the crowded Thursday track in spring.
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Nia used the predictor on my half time and told me my marathon target was too ambitious. She was right. I ran the pacing card she gave me almost to the second for 26.2 miles, and finished strong for the first time.
Tuesday nights at the lighthouse are the best part of my week. Four pace groups, nobody left behind, and the chips afterwards are optional but encouraged.
One hour on the track, filmed from the side, and I could see I was reaching out with every stride. Two drills and a shorter step and my shins stopped complaining. Honest that it was not a medical thing.
The Sunday coast path run to Sker is brilliant. I had never run on rock before and Nia taught me to take tiny steps and walk the climbs. My Sundays are now spoken for.
Great coaching, but the Thursday track session gets crowded in spring and the slowest group can wait a while for a lane. Bring patience. The coaches are lovely and the plan they wrote me works.
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About the four stars
Steffan is right about Thursdays in spring.
Before the spring marathons the Thursday track night can draw sixty runners onto six lanes, and the slowest group waited for space. Since March the session runs in two waves, 6:30 and 7:15, from February to April, with the slower groups in the first wave so nobody waits in the cold. The rest of the year one wave is plenty.
Your first club run is free. Tuesday, 6:30, the lighthouse.
Turn up five minutes early and find a coach in a teal jacket. There are four pace groups and a back marker who finishes last on purpose, so whatever your pace, you will not be running on your own.