RUNClub

I just blasted into the house, and fell in an exhausted heap after having completed my fourth walk/run in the last 7 days. Howling wind made the -4 degrees feel much, much colder.

I haven't been back to 6 a.m. workout classes since my surgery. A pulled muscle over my right ribs, coupled with the fact that Dr. M banned me from lifting any weight over my head until he sees me on Monday, have made me apprehensive to spend the money to go when I couldn't do 50% of the exercises.

However, Vicky (my morning coach) was responsible for organizing an information session with the founder of RUNClub in Kamloops. My impression was that the clinic would give attenders some tips on getting ready for "Boogie the Bridge", the charity fun run for which I registered to be on Vicky's "Fitness for Life" team. Unknown to me was the fact that RUNClub is coming to Ashcroft! Kamloops is a city of 85,00 people; Ashcroft is a village of 1600 residents. Needless to say, Ashcroft-ites ALWAYS travel to Kamloops for the services. For RUNClub to be brought from Kamloops to Ashcroft is monumental, to say the least.

I was enthralled to listen to Jo Berry, founder of RUNClub and the Boogie the Bridge run, and learn about the philosophy behind her running club. With their motto of, "Movement is Change", the club  provides running, cycling, boot camps and breakthrough techniques along with a variety of  resources to thousands of people to live their best lives. If you are interested in knowing more, check out their website (RUNClub Kamloops).

After listening to Jo's inspirational story, and trying a 30 minute walk/run with the 51 other people who showed up at Buffalo Coffee in Ashcroft on Saturday morning, I have registered for the 6-week clinic that leads up to Boogie the Bridge. It starts one week from tomorrow. I have tried to be like the post man, and have made myself go for walk/runs Monday, Wednesday, and today through hail, sleet, rain, snow, etc. etc. I want to make this a routine part of my life from here on in!

I'm going to try to make this my new motto

as I endeavour to learn to run ... and keep running!