Last week we introduced you to the Llanelli AC \/ DW running group, and were fortunate enough to hear some of their members’ stories about why they run and how they got started. Katy, a regular member of the group tells us her story and all about why she loves running:<\/p>\n
“My reasons for running are: I\u2019ve got a big birthday coming up next year and I wanted to be fit at 40, not fat at 40! Still a way to go but already losing weight, toning up and feeling so much healthier. I also wanted to do something for me. I\u2019ve two young children, work full time in a busy, stressful job and wasn\u2019t doing anything for me. <\/em><\/p>\n Running gives me a break, makes me feel better about myself and feels so good for my mind and soul.\u00a0 I\u2019ve done bits of running on my own but never got further than couch to 5K.\u00a0I\u2019ve been talking about wanting to do a 10k, dreaming of doing a half marathon but never doing anything about it. Now I\u2019m running 10k and have signed up for the Cardiff Half Marathon! <\/em><\/p>\n None of my close friends are really able to run for different health reasons so I joined the beginners\u2019 group at Llanelli AC. Arriving for the first session was extremely nerve racking, but the group couldn\u2019t have been any more welcoming. The progress I\u2019ve made in a few weeks is largely down to support from the club, the core group of beginners and in particular our Run Leader, Rob Campion. He is so patient, encouraging, willing to answer my seemingly silly questions all the time and even made sure I made it to the finish line on my first 10k race by running the last section with me.<\/em><\/p>\n I well and truly have the running bug. I love doing it, talking about it and reading about it! My husband says I\u2019m becoming a running bore…but I love it!”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week we introduced you to the Llanelli AC \/ DW running group, and were fortunate enough to hear some of their members’ stories about why they run and how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n