Staying motivated for the Town and Gown run

Staying motivated for the Town and Gown run

1:00pm Saturday 30th March 2013 in News By Fran Bardsley, covering Education, East Oxford and Cowley. Call me on 01865 425439

PREPARATIONS are already well underway for this years Oxford Town and Gown run. The May 12 run, backed by the Oxford Mail, will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.

Over the next few months we will be following novice runner Kelly Sambrook, 37, who has a personal reason for taking part in the 10k, which makes its way through famous city landmarks.

Her nephew, John Dickson, nine, of Bledington, near Chipping Norton, is one of the many youngsters who could benefit from the work done by the charity.

Here she talks reporter Fran Bardsley through her second training diary.

Im over a month into my training now and starting to feel like Im making real progress.

My training app has me running for five minutes between intervals and a total of 15 minutes per session.

That may not sound like much but trust me, when youve spent the past 20 years avoiding any form of exercise, its quite an achievement.

Im using an interval, or Fartlek (really look it up if you dont believe me) training programme, which means alternating running and walking.

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