Running

Dedicating this blog post to my first ever run, jog or whatever you want to call it. I've been waiting for the past week for the weather to sort itself out so I can start going running along the Thames.
I am the most unfit person you will ever know of in your life and recently I've been thinking that I should probably do something about this because I get tired walking up a flight of stairs, and for someone my age this should not be the case. I basically just want to build up my stamina and keep fit, I'm not doing this as any sort of weight loss or anything.
Anyway, me and a couple of my flatmates decided that today was the day we'd take the plunge and actually go, and I just want to make it clear that when I say 'run' I mean run for not even two minutes, walk for five, then run a little bit more. The two people I went running with are both boys, and can actually run for quite sometime. I feel that in someways this has both positives and negatives.

Positive
1. They can try and motivate me into running just that little bit further when I feel that I'm going to die because they can quite literally run off and leave me looking like a twat on my own, out of breath, basically dying. Obviously this happened several times today.

2. Well I can't think of any other good reason apart from the fact I'm not going on my own and again looking like a twat.

Negative
1. They run off and leave me looking like a twat on my own.

2. I feel like I'm slowing them both down when I stop to walk and they feel that they have to slow down and wait for me to catch up (sorry).

3. They actually motivate me into believing I'm going to die. I mean today it got to the point where I genuinely thought that I could have been sick because I was that tired.

4. After my run I couldn't even move my legs, they fully seized up and ache so much I don't think that I'm going to be able to move tomorrow.

I know that I'm basically sat here complaining, and that all these bad points I've made are actually good points because it shows I'm actually getting something out of this, but right now I feel like I could sleep for several weeks and I am NOT eager to get out there again tomorrow. But looking at it in a positive light, hopefully in the next couple of weeks my stamina will begin to improve and I'll be posting about how good this running thing is, how good it's making me feel about myself, and how glad I am that I chose to go running with these people that are going to push me. I'm thinking of it like having a personal trainer that's my friend. Honestly scrap all that nonsense when it comes to paying someone you don't even know to 'train' you and start going running with a friend!

It seems to be becoming a ritual that I leave a little picture on the end of each post so here's a picture of my university from the other side of the river when I had a little break hehe.

xoxoxoxo