Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog!

My name is Aoife and I’m a 3rd year Psychology student at Bangor University, North Wales. As part of my final semester in university, I am taking part in a module called ‘Born to Run’ in which I will apply principles of motivational and positive psychology to training for, and eventually running, a marathon. This is a big challenge for me as I am not an experienced runner by any means, but it has always been something I’ve wanted to get into. It’s going to be tough, but I am ready for the challenge!

I have created this blog in order to document my journey towards being able to run the Anglesey Half Marathon at the beginning of March, and the Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon at the end of May this year. I will be writing about all the ups and downs of my running adventures and tracking my progress along the way.

I hope you stick around to follow my journey from being a novice short-distance runner to a *mildly* experienced long-distance runner!