Thanks for the encouragement everyone, and good advise about focusing on what I can do , instead of what I can't do. I guess gently does it.

LBTC - Good question. I had several reasons for wanting to start running. Firstly, while the weather is so cold and horrible I'm not riding as much and as running gives you the maximum workout for minutes spent, thought it was a good way to keep the fitness ticking over. It's handy to just be able to pull on a pair of running shoes and you're out the door and I also get a some kind of strange pleasure when running in the dark or in bad weather. ( All very safe, get's dark here at 4.30pm at the mo and lots of people about where I run.)

My other reason was I thought it would be a good way to meet some new people. There's a group called Brighton & Hove Running Sisters who meet every week very near to where I live and liked the idea of meeting some more women.

My boyfriend also cycles, which is great but at the same time I quite liked the idea of having a sport of my own.

On saying that - running may be good but hang on, there's no freewheel!