What it’s like to lead a beginner runners group Sarah has led Lazy Girl Running beginners groups at Hampstead Heath and Downhills Park, Tottenham. I asked her to write a blog on how she’s found it. “I HATE RUNNING!” One of my runners let out a groan. “ME TOO!” I said quickly. Then caught myself. I was their leader. These women had only known me a week, I was the expert, they were meant to trust me. Had I already made a total dick of myself, in only the second week of the course? “I mean, I did, until I loved it.” I moved quickly on with the session. 90 seconds running and two minutes walking – week two of the plan. It was my second week of leading the first Lazy Girl Running group to take place in Downhills Park, South Tottenham, just across the road from my flat. I’d led a couple of Lazy Girl Running groups in Finsbury Park before, but there was something different about doing it in my own neighbourhood. I use these parks for my own training and now I got to s...