From Resolution to Reality: My Road to 10K

It started as a New Year’s resolution.

Not a dream. Not a passion. Just a decision.

I needed to start running. My body—more specifically my bone structure—needed attention, and running was simply the most practical option. No romance attached. Running wasn’t calling my name; it was a designated form of doing what had to be done.

That mindset probably explains why it took a few months before anything resembling “flow” appeared. My ambition was deliberately modest: an easy 5K run, once or twice a week. No races. No medals. No pressure. Just movement.

The beginning, however, was anything but easy. A struggling introduction to 3K runs made it very clear how far away that “easy 5K” really was. Enter Strava and Runna—two quiet but persistent companions that helped me build distance, step by step, run by run.

But the real difference-maker was human motivation. My friend Anthony kept cheering me on, checking in, nudging me forward when motivation dipped. When we met in France, something shifted. The pace increased. The confidence grew. And somewhere over the summer, the 5K run quietly became what it was meant to be all along: easy.

That could have been the end of the story. Resolution achieved. Box ticked. Until Anthony sent me a link...

A challenge.

The Cancer Research UK London Winter Run.

10 kilometers.

Together with my twin brother Eric and Anthony, I registered. Just like that, the goalposts moved. What had been a comfortable routine suddenly became a stretch again. The real challenge emerged: growing from 5K to 10K.

So here I am—once again supported by Runna—on a structured three-month journey. Halfway in, with six more weeks waiting for me in 2026 to get myself ready for London.

What this journey has reminded me of is simple but powerful: progress doesn’t come from grand intentions, but from showing up—especially when something isn’t your passion. Especially when it starts as “just something you should do.”

Running still isn’t a calling.

But the journey? That’s starting to feel like one.

London, I’m coming. One step, one kilometer at a time. 🏃‍♂️

I am taking on the Cancer Research UK London Winter Run 2026.

Please donate to my page to help me raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK and support me as I train for a 10k on 15th February 2026. 

Nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime*. All of us can support the research that will beat it. 

Thank you for supporting me! Together we are beating cancer. 


*cruk.org/lifetimerisk