{"id":6366,"date":"2021-06-30T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2021-07-15T08:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T08:56:30","slug":"runner-feature-caroline-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-caroline-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Caroline Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I only started running a few years ago through my daughters persuading me that it was a good alternative to the other activities I participated in like cycling, tennis and netball.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t say I found it easy and remember one of my daughters practically jogging round the Parkrun 5k course with me on Wimbledon Common.<\/p>\n

However, never one to give up, I persevered, and gradually the 5k race<\/a><\/strong> became easier and I nervously stepped into my first 10k race<\/a><\/strong> with RunThrough and made it round without stopping!<\/p>\n

\"Runner<\/p>\n

From there I have never looked back and ventured into half marathons.<\/p>\n

As we went into lockdown in March 2021, I promised myself two things:<\/p>\n

1. To run a half marathon<\/a><\/strong> every month whether organised (live or virtual)
\n2. To be more involved in helping those struggling with food poverty through volunteering with the Dons Local Action Group<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Runner<\/p>\n

I feel very proud of having achieved both over the past 15 months and RunThrough<\/a><\/strong> has played a huge part in helping me along the way, having met likeminded people and a real sense of community spirit in both my promises.<\/p>\n

My commitment to both remains steadfast, in running, I have achieved some PB’s (June 21 – last on RHS as facing in group picture plus with the womble!) and in volunteering I was very proud to receive this certificate from the Mayor of Merton.<\/p>\n

So what next !!!! …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tackling a marathon is for 2022 and perhaps stepping into triathlon…if I can improved my swimming and continuing to work for Dons Local Action Group to make a difference in keeping those in need our community fed, connected and supported<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I only started running a few years ago through my daughters persuading me that it was a good alternative to the other activities I participated in like cycling, tennis and netball. I wouldn’t say I found it easy and remember one of my daughters practically jogging round the Parkrun 5k course with me on Wimbledon […]<\/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\/6366"}],"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=6366"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6419,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions\/6419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}