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I don’t like running – but I love jog leading! by John Kay, Carluke jogscotland OK, hands up, full confession – I don’t like running! There, said it. Never mind what others say, in my book running is hard. It’s not just running, I have no interest in any sport, of any kind – never have. In school, I would spend the first half of games lessons successfully working out how to get out of the second half.
“How can you hate running and be a jog leader?” you may ask. Easy, firstly I don’t hate anything, and secondly, I love the fulfilment and enjoyment which follows from having had a run. A jog leader can highlight this to others and share their growing success. The jogscotland programme works. Asking for nothing more than a determination to try at the beginning, those initial stages progress in incremental steps to deliver real improvements in fitness. Of course, progress requires commitment and effort to bring betterment in time on feet, distance run, pace and knowing that hills, despite their demands, really are our friends. Yes, the rewards from jogscotland membership are real. My background? From avoidance of exercise through school and youth, at age 25 I discovered the discipline of yoga and was fortunate to study with some inspirational teachers over the years which followed. Even with considerable gaps in practice when competing time pressures demanded, yoga served me well in building internal strength. However, at age 50, the horror of a widening middle-age-spread dented my not inconsiderable vanity which demanded a
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