BadAtSport

When was the last time you admitted that you were bad at something? Let me go first. My name is Catherine. I'm 39 years old and live in London with my husband and two kids. I am also a very bad runner. Despite my utter lack of athletic talent, over the last 10 years I have run 2 marathons, 10 half marathons and several other races. Here's the key - I do it very, very slowly. I have no ego about my running ability, I know that I'm terrible. When I ran the London Marathon, there were no crowds cheering me on at the end, it was mostly clean-up crews frantically clearing the streets so they could re-open the roads. Every day, my social media is full of impossibly sleek-looking people doing improbable things in beautiful locations. It's easy to feel intimidated and embarrassed by your own lack of ability. I wanted to create a space where we could celebrate being bad at sport, and doing it anyway.