BODY CONFIDENCE
I took up running 20 years ago to lose weight and attract a bloke. It all went to plan. I dropped a stone and gained his affections. Then I got a stress fracture and had to stop running. The weight crept back on and, well… you can guess the rest. It was a useful lesson: don’t lose weight to please a man. And be sure to run for the right reasons.
Maybe it’s just an age thing but, years later, my motivation for running has changed. Running used to be mainly about losing weight and looking good. In more recent years, I have been running to combat stress and feel healthy. I also run to achieve goals, rather than to chase that elusive sixpack. Women’s Running contributing editor Lisa Jackson, who has completed over 100 marathons and wrote the book Your Pace Or Mine?, summed it up perfectly when she told me: “It’s not about how you look. It’s about what your body can do.”
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