Hey everyone, it's Adrienne here.

Today's episode is the first in our series of compilations and today's show is all about runners.

So I've talked to loads of different runners on this show and whether you are brand new to running or whether you've been running for years.

I really hope that you will enjoy today's episode, hearing their stories and hearing their words of wisdom and encouragement.

I really enjoyed listening back to the old episodes and selecting the clips for this show.

So enjoy.

So you did the 5K, obviously you got the bug, you thought, yeah, you know, you weren't running marathons then, but I want to know, how long did it take from that point to getting to, I mean, what you've done now is insane, but to getting to the point of thinking I can actually take on this insane challenge.

Well, contrary to popular belief, again, I didn't fall in love with it straight away. You know, I achieved that 5K and I remember

getting back to the pub and everything from my ankles to my knees to my hips, even the rolls of

fat around me hurt. But for the first time in 20 years, I actually felt something and it was pain.

And, you know, it might be sadistic to some people, but because I felt something, it was pain and you know it might be sadistic to some people but because I

felt something that's what then took me back the next time not the love for it that came later

and I think you know there was still the nervousness on the second week and the third week and

the fourth week and probably more you know even now there's a slight nervousness of course there is

but I remember after six months of going twice a week, I signed up to my first half marathon, which was the Bristol half marathon. I remember running that. And, you know, I live in Bristol and it's a beautiful city. I didn't enjoy the half. Not because the race is bad, but it was just, it was too fast for me.

And I remember getting to the finishing line and thinking, I'm never running in my life ever again.

I went back to club on the Tuesday night after that and told a mate of mine that. And he went, well,

this is ironic considering you're at a running club. And then he kind of started to talk to me about, well, if you don't like half marathons, well, why don't you try running a marathon?

Because that'll be better.

Well, this is what I thought at the time.

And I thought there's no logic in that.

But this is what I didn't understand at the time.

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