{"id":8169,"date":"2021-09-07T12:11:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2021-12-07T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T09:34:12","slug":"running-the-fun-run-remotely-from-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/running-the-fun-run-remotely-from-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Running the Fun Run Remotely from Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

by\u00a0Anna Lockley-Scott<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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This\u00a0Bank\u00a0Holiday weekend, I chose to run the Interfaith Fun Run 10k.\u00a0As I live in Birmingham, it was not easy to get to the\u00a0Fun\u00a0Run in Barnet before it started, so I decided to run the 10k remotely\u00a0in my local area.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since lockdown, like many others, I started running again and in doing so have discovered much about my local area that I would not otherwise know.\u00a0Although\u00a0I was\u00a0very determined\u00a0in the\u00a0initial\u00a0lockdown\u00a0of\u00a0spring 2020 and went out running regularly,\u00a0I lost that motivation and\u00a0drive\u00a0in the dark and\u00a0cold winter\u00a0lockdown of 2021. Therefore, when I heard about the Faith and Belief Forum and Maccabi\u00a0GB\u2019s Fun\u00a0Run happening this August, it gave me the focus this summer to\u00a0once again work towards a 10k.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having been an asthmatic since I was a small child, running for me is not easy.\u00a0I fear getting out of breath just in case I struggle to breathe, so I\u00a0try to evenly pace my breath throughout and therefore\u00a0keep my running pace\u00a0slow and\u00a0steady,\u00a0just\u00a0below the level of getting out of breath.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0As I built myself up to 7 or 8k, my husband decided to join me.\u00a0Generously, despite being much taller than me, he is happy to go at my pace which is nice.\u00a0Until he joined me, I used to wear earphones and listen to podcasts as I ran, but when he joined me, I wanted to\u00a0share the run with him and not shut myself off with my earphones, so I tried to run without them.\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0much harder though running without earphones as you can hear your own heartbeat which makes running a bit more\u00a0intense\u00a0.\u00a0But again, keeping my run at a steady manageable pace really helped.\u00a0Running together though is\u00a0really motivational\u00a0and\u00a0really nice\u00a0to share the experience.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks, we have worked towards our goal of 10k together. On the day of the\u00a0Fun\u00a0Run, we chose a nice route from our\u00a0house\u00a0,\u00a0along the Harborne Walkway, a\u00a0greenway near our house and then round\u00a0Edgbaston\u00a0Reservoir and back. It was mostly an off-road route which, for the city of\u00a0Birmingham\u00a0was quite peaceful and\u00a0green.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I chose to fundraise for Faith and Belief Forum\u00a0because I have experienced their work both as a teacher and as an employee.\u00a0As a workplace,\u00a0it is\u00a0a positive and inspirational place to work.\u00a0Furthermore,\u00a0the goal of\u00a0building relationships between people, particularly young people,\u00a0of\u00a0different backgrounds,\u00a0cultures and faiths is a\u00a0crucial necessity and\u00a0encouraging interfaith discussion and interaction is\u00a0such a powerful\u00a0tool for building a better society.\u00a0I have\u00a0been\u00a0very glad\u00a0to work and fundraise as part of such an aim.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by\u00a0Anna Lockley-Scott This\u00a0Bank\u00a0Holiday weekend, I chose to run the Interfaith Fun Run 10k.\u00a0As I live in Birmingham, it was not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8172,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions\/8172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}