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Hey :)

I'm Ellen. I'm 24 and live in Perth, West Australia,

I started running about 3 years ago to get fit for a summer mapping expedition into the Alps (climbs between 400m and 900m starting from 2000m, everyday for 2 months). I'd been doing some stuff before, but a friends and I decided to enter a 10k run to spur us on and get the old heart going and the muscles into gear.

Anyway, I survived my trip and have been running on and off ever since, including one half marathon (I vowed to never put myself through that again).

Now I'm in Oz it seems a shame to waste the glorious weather just going to the gym so I've begun again in earnest.

I've entered the City to Surf half marathon come the end of August (yes, I know, but last time was with no real training and I'm actually putting some effort into it this time) so fingers crossed. Aim is to finish it in less pain than last time, and quicker would be nice too!

So yeah, thats me...