To follow on both from the poem last time and my little article here about Preston Guild Year in 2012 here is something else happening in 2012.. in Preston! Preston has been one of a few to be chosen as an European City of Sport 2012. (The others are Charleroi, Iaşi, Firenze, Pescara and Viterbo).
The aim is to of course to promote sports and improve health etc. Exercise and some kind of sport is good for you... and everyone can be involved in something!
I started playing football for fun a few years ago and from there started to do running. When I started running I could run for under 10 minutes only. I couldn't even get around the park I was running. But from there each week I got a little better and could eventually keep going for 15 minutes. Then gradually did further and further until my first proper 5k ... I was slow in this race but it meant that I had run the furthest I had ever done and run for over 30 mins!
I am never ever going to win any of the races but its the feeling of accomplishment. Most people should be able to do a 5k (even if I didn't think that when I started running).
But I went on...
to 10ks and over an hours run
and then finally this year a half marathon and over 2 hrs running. Which even though I was in the last third of finishers , I did finish! So now was in a minority percentage of people who have finished half marathons
So it may mean my next step ... getting back on track... is doing one of the sporting events in Preston next year. Some of the main events include:
Preston Guild Marathon (and Half Marathon)
Festival of Cycling and Guild Wheel
Big Dance
Tour of Britain final stage
Twin Town sports events
Get involved!
And if you cant get to Preston there are plenty of sporting events around the world... Of course there are the the Olympic games in the UK and a couple of Estonian events include the Tallinn Marathon, Tartu Marathon (although you may need some sticks for this one :)) . Or you could go skiing in the Alps, swimming in the Caribbean or football at your local park or running down your own street.
Enjoy and keep fit!
