Since I can't contribute any progress or race reports - my Achilles is still on the mend and I am off running - I thought I share an email with you that I received over the weekend from a woman who wrote me late last year inquiring if Club Fat Ass offers beginner running clinics. I wrote her back, encouraging to join a clinic and offered to take her out for a run/walk. Never heard back until now. Here is what she shared:
"Hi! I don't know if I thanked you for getting back to my email way way back in November. Since November I have lost almost 30 pounds. I walk pretty much everyday, but lately I have started jogging and walking here and there. It feels great! I am going to start a running program where you walk and run for certain amounts of time, slowly taking away from the walking time. I think this may be a way for me to improve my fitness levels. One worry that I have is that I'll do too much and then stop. I'm sure other beginner runners have this same worry. I am a smoker too. I am going to quit today though. It is just such a waste of money and so bad for you. Anyway....where was I going with this? I would like to take you up on that run that you were talking about...but I would like to improve a bit more before I run with someone else. I worry that I will hold people back or not be in as good of shape as they are. I think this thought is in my head because I was an athlete in high school, and its embarrassing for me now to see what shape I am in. Another thing I was wondering is if you know of good places on the North Shore to run? I usually go along the seawall, and up by the ferry terminal in West Van. I don't like the sea wall though because there are always 50 million people there. Maybe you have some inside information.
Again, I thank you so much for responding to my last email!"
She made my day!
