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My lockdown running story: Helen Giffin

29/7/2020

 
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It was the middle of March and I had been advised not to leave the house for the next few months as I have a suppressed immune system. My first thought was how would I cope without my running fix each week. I NEEDED a treadmill so I looked on Amazon and to my horror everyone seemed to be buying them - they were selling out fast. I ordered one but did not relax until it arrived a few days later. 

Isolation has been very hard but it has really helped following the yellow training schedule, Karen's S&C sessions, doing virtual Runs of Month and of course the FSOM. 

I can virtually go anywhere in the world, and have run in the Maldives or the Paris Marathon, but would prefer to run outside on the Greenway or anywhere with the yellows on a training night. 

During lockdown my running has really improved (5km time started at 31mins and I recently ran   28min 30 secs) and the virtual midweek league encouraged me to train up so I could run 6 miles in under an hour - a distance I haven’t managed to run since the end of 2018.   

I can’t wait to train back at the club. Unfortunately this probably won’t be until next year. It’s so good to be part of an amazing club.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the Committee
    • Club Kit
    • Club Records
    • Club Awards
    • Codes of Conduct and Policies
  • Join Us
    • Membership Benefits
    • Change of Club
  • Training
    • Venue & Schedule
    • Meet the Coaches
    • SORE League
    • Training Resources
  • Racing
    • Run of the Month 2020
    • Midweek League
    • Cross Country
    • Herts County Champs
    • All time ranking list
    • London and Brighton Marathon Club Places
  • Club Races
    • First Saturday of the Month 5km >
      • FSOTM Results
      • FSOTM pre-reg
    • Standalone 10K >
      • 2019 Results
      • 2018 Results
      • 2017 Results
      • 2019 Runners information
      • Course information
      • Making our event more environmentally friendly
      • Training Plans
      • Official Charities
      • Results
    • Greenway Challenge
    • Run Round the Garden >
      • Results RRTG
    • Santa Canta
  • Forum
  • News
    • News & Race Reports
    • Squirrel of the Month
    • My Running Story
    • England Athletics News
  • Social
    • NHRR Annual Awards Evening
  • Club Charity