I’ve been thinking a lot about fitness lately. More specifically the fitness of society as a whole and people’s perception of what “being fit” is.
When I started this I couldn’t run for toffee. Less than a mile had me exhausted. Looking back, then I thought that people who ran 10km races were fit. Doing a half marathon made you properly fit and running a marathon, well, you were weird.
But now, 10km is a trivial distance. Anyone can run 10km can’t they? At least that’s what I think. It seems strange to me that there was a point in time (only a couple of months ago really) when I couldn’t run that far without killing myself.
At the weekend I’m doing a cross country 10-12 mile run, so approaching the half marathon distance, but I still don’t feel or think of myself as being fit.
Recently, several of my friends and family have started running. Seeing them start and struggle with distances of 1 or 2 miles is weird. Was I really that unfit? Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not belittling their efforts in the slightest. I too was one of those struggling with less than a mile. Sometimes even getting out of breath walking up short hills.
But as a nation are we so fat and sedentary that 2 miles is a killer distance?
So, I’d like you to vote in this little poll. When do you think you are fit? Please select the lowest distance that you think makes someone fit.
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