Pick Me Up!

UP AND RUNNING

Re-downloading the Couch to 5K app, dusting off your running trainers and trying to find a playlist that doesn’t get boring after five minutes – sounds familiar, right?

That’s even before you’ve hit the open road, red-faced and out of breath, simply 100m down the street.

Hearing the thud of your own footsteps hitting the tarmac, you realise that maybe running isn’t for you.

Your mind convincing you that it’s time to head home already – we’ve all been there.

In fact, 5.8 million adults in England

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