Mark I've been running for about a year and a half now,I was 16stone 13lbs I am down to 13.1now,running 5k Cardiff park runs when i can,p/b 25mins 20 sec, decided 2 years ago to get my weight down done that and run a marathon blackpool in April,train on my own,my head as gone now I just love running lots to learn always open to advice,as much as possible sorry about my story but that's me cheers mate