This is me by hippychick71

A friend told me that this was supposed to be all about me so here goes.  Firstly I'm hippychick cos that's where I want to lose weight from my hips and cos I'm a chick.  71 because that's the year I was born.  I'm primarily a runner although I do do various other things, bodycombat, step and when the planets all align in a certain manner spin.  Exercise keeps me sane (literally).  4 years ago I was diagnosed as bipolar and in the space of 6 months managed to put on nearly as many stones so my doctor referred me to the local gym.  I'm now about 8 stone lighter although I'd still like to be about a further 3 stone done and I work out 5-6 days a week.  I have 2 long term goals to complete a triathalon and a half marathon both for MIND, but they're away off.  Running also helps me control some of my symptoms - when I'm sad it lifts my spirits and when I'm a little over happy it calms me down.

At the moment I'm training for the City of Manchester 10k and hoping to run the Great Yorkshire Run.  So read on for the every day trials and triumphs of a recreational runner.