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My Running Story: Lindsay Cook

17/10/2019

 
PictureLindsay (and her mum and sister) and the end of London Marathon in 2001.
I remember watching the London Marathon as a child and announcing I was going to run it one day…my family thought I was mad. Although we were a very outdoorsy family (which explains my love of a muddy, hilly XC), at the time we weren’t a running family and to run that far seemed impossible. I always loved running at school and was even relatively speedy at 800m representing my school in Preston schools competitions and I also enjoyed the schools cross country races but for some reason I prepared myself for it by cycling up and down the hill at the end of our road. I was interested in joining our local athletics club, Preston Harriers, but it was on the other side of town and I have a couple of younger siblings which made it tricky for my parents to get me there so I didn’t join. 

I started to get properly into running in my final year at university in Edinburgh where I saw an advert for a new running club and decided to join. Through this friendly club, I discovered I loved running, the places running can take you and meeting likeminded people so when I moved to Hertfordshire in Autumn 1999 for a three month contract I contacted a few local running clubs and North Herts Road Runners were the first to respond. I was living in London Colney at the time so NHRR weren’t the most handy club but I was more than happy to drive up the A1 for Wednesday night training at Letchworth Corner Sports club. I think one of the first people I ran with was Karen Dodsworth and I vaguely remember running the 5km series that used to be on Winter midweek evenings in Stevenage and Bedford Cross Country as some of my early races. 
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After chatting with a couple of other members in the changing rooms after training and listening them talk about in the bar at Whitethorn Lane, I was inspired to enter London Marathon and miraculously got in at my first attempt. In 2001 I completed the London Marathon like I said I would when I was a child! I have been a member of NHRR for 20 years now and I can’t imagine not being a member. I’ve now run 15 marathons, countless other races of various distances and completed a 40 races in my 40th year challenge but I think my favourite is XC. Although family commitments mean I can’t always make training at the moment, NHRR is a big part of my life and it has been great to have watched NHRR grow with and around me over the last 20 years. I have made friends (and met my husband!), spent time with lots of great people and enjoyed being part of the committee. So what next in my running story? At the moment, my aim is pretty low key, get rid of an injury and get down to the club on a regular basis.


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  • About
    • Meet the Committee
    • Social
    • Club Charity
    • Club Kit
    • Club Records >
      • Male Club Records
      • Female Club Records
      • All Time Ranking
    • Honours Board
    • Club Awards
    • Codes of Conduct and Policies
  • RACES
    • FSOTM - Free 5km Race >
      • FSOTM Results
      • FSOTM pre-reg
    • Standalone 10K >
      • Previous Race Results
      • Course Description
      • A Greener Standalone
      • Training Plans
      • Road Closures
    • Greenway Challenge >
      • Greenway Challenge - Race Day Information
      • Greenway Challenge Charity
    • Run Round the Garden >
      • Results RRTG
    • Santa Canta
  • Training
    • Training With Us
    • Meet the Coaches
    • Training Resources
    • SORE League
  • Club Racing
    • Run of the Month
    • Midweek League
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    • Herts County Champs
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    • NHRR Standalone 10k team selection
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    • News & Race Reports
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    • My Running Story
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