Another running blog

So many of my lovely twitterfriends have one ... a blog. I have just spent an enjoyable hour browsing through some of them and have really been inspired. So I decided to create my own blog.

Ah yes, there goes Ines, riding another crazy wave ... "hello? Do you remember me? I'm the blog you abandonned a year or so ago, and now you're starting a new one? You should know you're not a faithful blogger!"

True but, I've taken up running, and, I am giving it another try.

In comparison to most of you guys, I'm a rather slow runner ... I've only started in January. But of course I never ever go down the comparison route. No, of course not. :D

As most of you know, I had gastric bypass surgery in May last year, after a quite lengthy process. I had started losing weight prior to the operation. At my heaviest, and yes, I don't mind admitting it, I was 146 kilograms, which is nearly 23 stone. At the time of the peration I was 121 kilograms, think that's about 20 stone or a bit less. Bearing in mind I'm only 5 foot 2.
After losing about 9 stone on the whole, I started running in January wit a club. I had run on the treadmill before christmas, then decided to find a club once I was able to run 20 minutes non stop. This is where my running journey started. Since then I have done a 5 k race in 40:34 and a 10 K in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 32 seconds, beating even some of my club members who have been running longer than me.

What's next?

I still want to up my mileage but right now, until September, I have no races planned. I'm getitng married on the  12th of July which obviously really isn't long now. Then it's off to Teignmouth in hopefully sunny Devon, where I hope to run along the sea front a few times ... something that the unfit old me would have never dreamed of. Lying on the beach like a stranded whale, yes. But running along the beach? Not in my wildest dreams.

My next biggest goal is Oxford half marathon in October. While I have been running for me until now I have a deep passion in me to run to raise funds, and even more importantly, awareness, for a charity close to my heart. I don't know which one yet but I would love to run for a charity dealing with obesity. Having been a victim of the obesity epidemic myself, I am passionate about it. Failing finding such a charity, I will try to run for British Blind sports ... oh yes, I forgot to mention that I am registered blind. It just doesn't define me, because I choose not to be defined by my disabilities.

So there we go, hope this will do as far as an introductory post is concerned. Until I blog at you next time: Happy running!! :)