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I’m a lockdown runner – but it took jogscotland to make me love running! By Sara Cassidy of Inchture Jogscotland I decided in February during the lockdown to take up Couch to 5K. I was working from home a lot more and it gave me a break away from a computer screen and got me out in the fresh air - definitely good for my physical and mental health. I could concentrate and focus on my feet hitting the pavement and the music and forget all the stresses. I had tried running before but soon gave up as I found it so hard, but now I know it is because I went too hard too fast and overexerted myself. This time, I used the Couch to 5K app, but I must admit that I didn’t fall in love with running right away – in fact I often wondered why I was putting myself through each run. I set myself a couple of personal goals that I wanted to achieve – 5K in 30 minutes and to do a 10K by September. Then in March I saw a post on the village Facebook page asking if anybody was interested in setting up a running group. I was thinking this would be good as motivation was something I was struggling with, and in due course jog leader Linda Craddock said she could take us through the beginner and intermediate programmes. continues over
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