{"id":54328,"date":"2020-03-19T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=54328"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:27:56","slug":"meet-crazy-kezza-the-little-short-ass-plus-sized-mum-who-wont-stop-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/sport-health\/meet-crazy-kezza-the-little-short-ass-plus-sized-mum-who-wont-stop-running","title":{"rendered":"Meet Crazy Kezza: the &#8220;little, short-ass, plus-sized mum&#8221; who won&#8217;t stop running"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Two years ago, she had never run a day in her life. But for Wales&#8217; Kerrie Aldridge, running isn\u2019t about finishing times. It\u2019s about finishing lines, showing that every runner counts and most importantly, her son waiting at the end of them.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"468\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/408E24CE-5B0C-46E0-8351-C7AA878203CE-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The 40-year-old mum of one went from never running a day in her life to running a marathon in less than a year and a half and falling in love with the sport. CC: Kerrie Aldridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was somewhere near mile 15, the clock barely ticking over five hours, that Kerrie Aldridge&#8217;s five-year-old son Osian told her she should&#8217;ve run faster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know, I know. I\u2019m so sorry,&#8221; the 40-year-old Cardiff mum recalls saying in tears. She&#8217;d just reached Canary Wharf, slightly over halfway through the 2019 London Marathon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What was an intended milestone of a year-and-a-half long journey from never running a day in her life to moving her &#8220;short arse legs&#8221; the elusive 26.2 miles had begun to feel more and more like a terrible nightmare. No crowds, no tracking mats, half-drunk water bottles strewn on the ground to quench her thirst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So Osian Aldridge did what good 5-year-olds do: He smiled and wrapped his mum into a hug. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mummy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Momo\u2019s (Mo Fara) had a bad day too. He didn\u2019t win either.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So Kerrie cracked a smile and continued the next 12 miles, ignoring the fact the Marathon had already stopped recording her time and the crews were\u00a0 washing away her path as soon as her feet hit the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you told Kerrie Aldridge as she danced with her blue-dyed pixie cut at last year\u2019s London Marathon start line that she\u2019d become a viral inspiration from placing absolutely dead last before she&#8217;d even finished, she would\u2019ve told you to shut up.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she already did this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best friend saw me and said it,\u201d says Kerrie, a.k.a. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/crazy_kezzaa\/\">Instagram\u2019s Crazy Kezza<\/a>, a self-described \u201clittle short-ass, plus-sized mummy with little legs\u201d running on her campaign \u2018Every Runner Counts\u2019 in hopes to spread the message to empower a new generation of runners after last year&#8217;s fiasco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But on the day, Kerrie had a different focus: She was busy running to Osian. So instead she said: \u201cShut up, what are you talking about? I\u2019m trying to run here!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54337\" width=\"553\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-500x723.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54337\" width=\"553\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie-500x723.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/kerrie.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Kerry hated taking photos, but when her son was born, she promised that no matter how much she hated it, she would celebrate them. After the marathon, her courage has encouraged followers from around the globe to embrace similar mantras. CC: Kerrie Aldridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a year and a half before London, Kerrie&#8217;s influencer future was less than auspicious. She&#8217;d never run a day in her life, loathed taking pictures of herself. But her blonde-haired little boy had turned four-years-old, she was nearing 40, and she could barely run in the park with him. She simply wanted to be a better mum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember growing up as a kid and being bullied. I didn\u2019t want that for [Osian],\u201d she says. \u201cI always tell him when you reach for the stars, you can do whatever you want. It\u2019s so important from an early age that I show him that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since January 2018, Kerrie hasn&#8217;t stopped. Not when she could barely run more than 60 seconds consecutively at her first plus-size running session. Not when she was in such pain at Tesco afterwards, she pushed a trolley around the lot until the feeling returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018What the hell have I done? I\u2019m never ever going to be able to do this,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"621\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/ABACC68C-D240-49F8-B649-48E485B346BC-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Kerrie wanted to be able to run in the park with her son when she started. She now runs races with him.  CC: Kerrie Aldridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerrie did stop for a moment when cajoled into dancing with a besotted crowd at last year\u2019s Cardiff Half less than a quarter mile from finishing &#8211; but then she kept going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy trainer was yelling at me: \u2018Kerrie, you\u2019re a serious runner now!\u2019 But I\u2019m a bit terrible.\u201d She smiles bashfully. \u201cI hear the music and just start going with the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps most astoundingly, Kerrie still didn\u2019t stop when the London Marathon clean-up crew was pulling down the entire marathon\u2019s gantry from around her as if she\u2019d missed curtain call.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting her Miscarriage Association vest, Kerrie had to keep running: for Osian, for her own five \u201cangel babies\u201d and the \u00a35,000 she&#8217;d raised dedicated to each one of them and for all those who shared their own stories of loss with the mum who never before considered sharing her story. Kerrie had to keep running. Everything else was background noise.<\/p>\n<p>But when her Garmin lit up as she neared London Bridge asking why she\u2019d stopped at 10k, Kerrie was understandably peeved:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What do you mean? I haven\u2019t <em>stopped<\/em> running!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"620\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/E3B5005A-6B40-497C-85F0-B6A03E1D8AAF-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Kerrie has run for Miscarriage Association since she began running, to honour her five &#8220;angel babies&#8221; she and her husband have lost. In 2019, Kerrie raised over 12,000 pounds. CC: Kerrie Aldridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She easily could have. Reaching the finish line at 9 hours and 11 minutes, the Marathon\u2019s official last place racer, Kerrie was one of 200 back-of-the-packers who ran quite different marathons from those touting PBs and finishing to whooping bedlam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three miles in, clean-up crews were well on their tails. Tracking mats and mile markers snatched before they\u2019d reached them. Photographers vanished home. When water stations disappeared, Kerrie drank from half-drunk bottles dumped by earlier runners.<\/p>\n<p>Even the blue line signposting the shortest route for hitting the 26.2 miles under the seven-and-a-half-hour cut-off was removed by chemicals almost as soon as runners\u2019 shoes left it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The crew] were saying things like, \u2018You\u2019re too fat to run. If you lost weight you\u2019d run faster. You shouldn\u2019t be running a marathon. It\u2019s a run, not a walk,\u2019\u201d Kerrie recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The London Marathon has introduced new inclusivity measures for this year&#8217;s race after Kerrie and other runner&#8217;s testimonies: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, Kerrie kept running, and nearing London Bridge, took to Facebook to let friends and family know she was safe. But as she turned the corner, she began crying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone says the bridge is the defining moment of the London Marathon. They talk about a wall of sound from all the supporters,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI turned the corner and there was no one there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was putting this video on and I said, though tears, \u2018They\u2019re packing up all around me, but I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m going to finish. I said I\u2019ll do it.\u2019 I had to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By mile 13, Kerrie had gone viral &#8212; and the response was immediately emphatic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is crazy,&#8221; she says with a laugh. &#8220;I still have people tell me I\u2019ve encouraged them to run, to share their story.\u201d She shakes her head, her smile nearly folding into itself as if trying to hide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m me, me with my short arse legs. I just did my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"702\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-500x424.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/57B24208-05F1-49B3-B02A-92E68B89328B-500x424.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>At London Marathon last year, Kerrie (pictured) ran empty roads. She received no official photograph. Investigations found clean-up crews arrived too early. CC: Kerrie Aldridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her &#8216;thing&#8217; raised more than \u00a312,000 for the Miscarriage Assocation in that race alone. Messages from as far as Israel begged her to keep sharing her story, to keep running for her babies. On a vacant street near mile 17 of the London Marathon, a woman rushed to hug Kerrie after spotting her Miscarriage Association vest. Today, Kerrie has half her miles dedicated already for her return to London in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my friends said to me recently, \u2018If you weren\u2019t such a shit runner, you never would\u2019ve raised so much money and awareness for your charity,\u2019\u201d Kerrie says. \u201cOther people were really cross with her, but in a way, it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was a normal runner, all this stuff wouldn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"976\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-768x905.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-500x589.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-768x905.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/EE8DE8B7-D794-40F9-812A-881EAC9D0603-500x589.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>&#8220;When you have a crazy idea, you really apply yourself to it, really focus, and when you have a goal you want to achieve, you can,\u201d Kerrie says. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The thought of Kerry being a \u2018normal runner\u2019 seems (for wont of a word) crazy. As she says, it was always meant to be hard. But every good crazy idea is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have a crazy idea, you really apply yourself to it, really focus,&#8221;&nbsp; says Kerrie. &#8220;When it&#8217;s the good crazy, you have a goal you want to achieve it and you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early on, Kerrie toed start lines fidgeting before cameras. She hated running in public. Even as she reached 10k two months after starting and began running where people could see her, her thoughts wandered:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ll be fed up waiting. They&#8217;ll think, &#8216;Why the hell is she running? 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CC: Kerrie Aldridge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To Kerrie, running has become viscerally anything more than running. It&#8217;s a 7-mile &#8220;chicken soup for the soul in crazy times&#8221; she never thought she&#8217;d taste, a community she worried wouldn&#8217;t accept her but instead found embraced her.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s standing at four-feet-seven-inches and boasting brightly-patterned spandex mid-stride in Instagram posts, adding extra minutes to finishing times to caper with the crowds. It&#8217;s panic-buying kettle balls instead of eggs or chocolate in the midst of a crisis and still sharing inspirational quotes and daily Stravas so those who follow her know, crazily enough, she hasn\u2019t stopped running and neither should they.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRunning is for everyone. 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