Kia ora koutou katoa, I'm Jaki. Mostly I run if someone/thing is chasing me or if I'm literally running late. More recently, after tearing my ACL (in August 2025) and not being able to run I started to actually want to run a bit, lol And with my kids and hubby doing parkrun I've thought it would be good to be able to run without my calves stopping me and to improve my fitness. My goals are really around keeping up with them, i.e. a sub 30 min 5km (last time I tried running 5km it took me 36mins, some days I can't even - my calves tie up), and to run 1 mile without a) tearing a gastroc again (couple years ago that one) or b) without it gassing me out so I can do my crossfit WODs - which I actually enjoy. So I have pretty much a hate: hate relationship with running - if I can find a way to do it better, maybe that'll change. Ya never know. Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised to see not everyone here loves running too - my hubby does half marathons - horses for courses I guess lol. Anyway, great to meet you everyone