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In Harmeny By Kim Kenny When Kim tried her first ever parkrun, she was 161st finisher out of 165 and admits she found it “horrific”! But the experience didn’t put her off. She stuck with it, and now she’s inspiring others at the jogscotland group she leads at her running club, Harmeny AC.
The start of my running journey was a parkrun on Boxing Day 2015. If I said I loved it, I would be lying, it was horrific! I puffed, panted, swore and thought about quitting for the whole 5K. I finished 161st out of 165 runners. However, with two children under three, that was the push I needed to become a fitter mummy. The nearest jogscotland group was through a local running club, Harmeny AC and charged a joining fee. The thought of a running club scared me and as I was on maternity leave I didn’t want to spend any money. Instead I challenged myself to run 1000K in 2016 and raise money for charity. The first few months were tough, I jog/walked in the rain and snow. I devoured running magazines in the hope some tip would make me love running. I tried focusing on my breathing, my foot fall, stride length, I even tried counting trees like one running magazine suggested but running on the Water of Leith that was ridiculous! Then one day it happened, I loved running. It was pouring with rain, I got drenched by a car and a bus but at my normal cut off I didn’t feel tired so carried on. I couldn’t believe it when I got home, and I’d run 9K in just under an hour – I was buzzing. I signed up for a 10K and a 13.1K race and then feeling much fitter I
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Spring 2020
