The Lewes Marathon

[OutAlongTheRiver]

Welcome to the fold, Rob! We're not all totally mad here, but we do wonder occasionally about it. Tell us more about your running!

I used to play a lot of 5-a-side football - so could run quickly for about 5 yards - but then had torn ACL replaced 4 years ago, and tried but failed to get back into playing. Twisting motion on knees impossible. Had got v unfit by middle of 2012 and by November had got sick of not doing any exercise. So decided to start running - even though had previously hated the idea of it. Used Runkeeper app to guide me to going from not running at all to doing Lewes 10k in April - and happily got round that in just under 55 mins (which had been my goal). Inspired by Feb 2012 run with Sweder and Tom Roper over the seven sisters - glorious day and great company - to entering the Seaford Half which I completed - and that's essentially where I am now. using RK app to train for sub2hr half marathon - but haven't entered anything else in the meantime. Fancy a nice 5k or 10k race in October, so open to ideas and suggestions for what is fun. Bizarrely most enjoy running up hills - and unable to catch Sweder when he hares off downhill like a madman.