So I decided to get our running more often and decided to enter a local fell called the Chevy Chase. In my own mind I trained quite well for this race, in reality I was under prepared for the physical demands of this race. This race was hard and very challenging.  However, the people and scenery involved in this local race opened up a new view of running and runners. Some people like to go and run in wild difficult challenging places and it is where they are running that is as important as running itself. 

So following this race I started putting in more miles and started to rediscover the joy of movement, especially when running on trails and in remote places. The fun of just running  has  ultimately led to taking part in more fell races, trail marathons and even ultras.  Oh yes and I also seem to have lost that weight along the way.