HELP!I completed my first half marathon in late September and loved it! Did much better than I expected and was super motivated! I decided to have a couple of weeks off as I had a back injury leading up to the race and thought I should rest it(possibly just an excuse!). It is now over a month later and I have yet to get my lazy butt out the door for a run and in the mean time London has turned into a grey, wet and cold place!Any suggestions and ideas to motivate me or general shaming for such laziness are urgently required!

Hi Belinda,Since you loved the Half so much, why not book yourself onto another one in a couple of months time? (Or however long you think it will take you to get back into fitness.)Think about how much you enjoyed the first one, and thatwill hopefully motivate you to get out there and get fit again for the next.I did my first Half this sunday and absolutely loved it. I can't wait for the next one now, so I'm planning a couple of easy weeks then back to the training schedule. I know it's really difficult if you've simply got out of the habbit of putting your trainers on and getting out there. Tell yourself you are definitely going to run 'tonight' or whenever and make sure nothing crops up which you could use as an excuse. Once you've got back into the habbit of getting out there and have another race to aim for, that might be all the motivation you need.Oh, and with the cold, dark months approaching, treat yourself to some new winter / reflective kit if you can.Hope that hels a bit.J.x