{"id":5248,"date":"2020-02-14T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2021-08-09T04:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T04:44:14","slug":"runner-feature-chloe-mullen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-chloe-mullen\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Chloe Mullen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"RunnerMy name is Chloe and this is my story!<\/strong><\/p>\n

As some of you are aware, I moved to London<\/strong> in 2014<\/strong> to train to be a Children’s Nurse<\/strong>. As a Geordie moving to the big smoke was scary. London although very busy is an incredibly lonely place!<\/p>\n

In 2016 a year into my training I became homeless<\/strong>, my mam was struggling to battle breast cancer and I had just split up with a boyfriend. As you can imagine that was a lot to deal with for one person and I very quickly spiralled out of control.<\/p>\n

I was on placement working 12.5hr shift<\/strong> for free as a student nurse and I couldn’t cope. I was signed off unfit to practice and had to fight for my place on the course.  I was then facing possibly losing the career of my dreams on top of everything else going on. I developed an eating disorder<\/strong> and lost 2 stone within a very short space of time. One day it all got too much and I left the house with the sole intention of ending my life. Thankfully a stranger stopped me and called my sister to come get me. I couldn’t believe how quickly I hit rock bottom and vowed to get my sparkle back!<\/p>\n

I knew I had to change.<\/em> I slowly started to eat again and returned to a healthy weight. Next thing was to exercise<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

I heard the benefits of running were great for your mental health and so one day I took the plunge and entered into a 5k race<\/strong><\/a>. This was too be my first run through at the Olympic Park in May 2017<\/strong>. I didn’t have the right gear on and felt stupid and seriously anxious, there was no need. It was absolutely pouring down but I had the best time. Everyone was so friendly and although I was one of the last to finish the encouragement from everyone was so powerful!<\/p>\n

Fast forward to now and I have run countless 5k and 10k race<\/strong><\/a>, 6 half marathons and one full marathon! I also qualified as a nurse and work at Great Ormond Street Hospital<\/strong> which is honestly a dream come true. I have meet friends for life and everyone at RunThrough<\/strong><\/a> are like my family. I still struggle at times with my mental health but have learnt its ok to not be ok<\/strong> and to push myself even to do on a mile run around the block because trust me it helps!<\/p>\n

I hope my story acts as a beacon of hope to those that may also be struggling. Come say hi when you next see me at an event. Mental health matters!<\/p>\n

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My name is Chloe and this is my story! As some of you are aware, I moved to London in 2014 to train to be a Children’s Nurse. As a Geordie moving to the big smoke was scary. London although very busy is an incredibly lonely place! In 2016 a year into my training I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5248"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6614,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions\/6614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}