{"id":6247,"date":"2021-06-03T17:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=6247"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:43:25","slug":"runner-feature-saskia-wickins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-saskia-wickins\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Saskia Wickins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Never being someone that has enjoyed sport or any type of fitness (apart from dancing) three years ago, 30 was fast approaching<\/em>. \nI haven’t stepped foot in a gym since, that was two years ago.<\/em>\n<\/p> \nI started finding the routes around my area that I enjoyed, including parks, streets and cemeteries and slowly increased the kilometers. <\/p>\n
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\nI joined a gym<\/strong> and reluctantly got on the cross trainer. I wasn’t enjoying it or getting the results I wanted so switched to the running machine.
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\nI was living with a housemate at the time who had run the London marathon and was due to do a 1\/2 that summer, she told me to try outdoor running. I was so hesitant as I thought once I moved off the treadmill I wouldn’t be able to run at all so carried on.
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\nI was traveling for work and found myself in LA,<\/strong> staying in a hotel on the coast with no gym, one evening I put on my trainers and just went on to the beach path and did my first outdoor run!<\/strong>
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\nI think being on a Californian beach really helped but after I was so energised, proud and loved it!<\/div>\n
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