What's so great about Instagram?
I found instagram a couple of years ago when I was having a month-long detox from Facebook (replace one addiction with another, right?). I started off with a private profile, following other family and friends, a few celebs, and running pages such as @womensrunningcommunity. I connected with a few overseas women runners and before long had created another instagram profile (@k8__nz) to share solely running and fitness related posts. I've since connected with all sorts of people - New Zealanders, other runners, other gymgoers, mothers (especially fellow mums of boys!), Christians, etc. Some of the most supportive people of my running and fitness journey are these people I've never met in real life. Their label is 'follower' but to me, they're friends. The real beauty of instagram is you CHOOSE who to follow. Y ou're not obligated to follow everyone you're related to, or used to be friends with back in high school... we've all got th...