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![“In the beginning [running] was therapy. If I had a bad day, I would go for a run. If I was feeling frustrated, I would go for a run.”
Janine started running in 2017 during a very difficult time in her life. “I went through a divorce in 2017 and everything about my life changed. Divorce is never easy, even if it is the right decision. It’s even harder when a child is involved. I knew I had to be strong for my son. I knew I couldn’t let all the sadness and anger swallow me up. So I had a choice, let the negativity consume me or channel all that negative energy into fuel to propel me to do something positive. So that’s what I did.”
A lot of Janine’s runs were tearful, but running became a tool that taught her to never give up and to push herself beyond her limits. Running has changed Janine’s identity as it has taught her to dream big and no longer live life on the sidelines. “If you had told me that one day I would be training for a marathon I would have laughed at you. Now at 40 I’m so excited to actually live my life. I have so many goals and dreams and look forward to the journey that’s going to take me there. I’m done with the sidelines, I’m ready to take center stage.”
Janine has embraced the challenge of half marathon and marathon running head on! She completed the Scotiabank Marathon in 2019 with a time of 2:08:25 and in 2020 achieved a huge half marathon PR of 1:49:09! “Even though I ran it, I still find myself in disbelief that I actually did it. When I started my running journey, a 6 min pace was a lot for me, and now I was able to run a half with a 4:53 min pace.”
Janine isn’t done yet with achieving her run goals! She recently secured a spot in the 2021 Berlin Marathon and hopes to achieve a BQ time during this race! She also hopes to run all six world majors overtime!
Janine offers some amazing words of wisdom for other moms looking to get into running (again): “Take it one step at a time. Being a mom is exhausting so it can be hard to get the extra energy to get out there. You don’t have to go fast and you don’t have to go far, your journey begins the minute you believe in yourself 💙](https://runnersofthesix.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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