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The story so far - November 2008, I saw the great and the good running in the Barns Green Half Marathon in my capacity as an Explorer Scout leader with 1st Shipley Scouts and thought short and soft (not long and hard, or maybe I wouldn't have come to the same conclusion)... "I could do this and raise some money along the way"
December, I got kitted out in some running shoes.
January, I went out for the first time and realised it was a jolly good thing I had allowed so long to prepare.
Since then, I have gradually been getting fitter and fitter, helped along the way by being given a running watch for my birthday in April.
In August, I broke through first the 10 mile and then 11 mile continuous running barriers.
I also now occasionally go to work by train and run from a station 7 miles from the office.
Breaking News - 8 weeks to go
I have had to buy a new pair of running shoes. 300 miles of training have worn a great chunk of tread off the original ones!!
Minor disaster - our shower has packed up at home. Exercise confined either to lunchtime runs at work or swimming, or if my co-runner lets me pop in for a hose-down after a training session.
I did my first full distance session on 13 September. It came in two parts; an 11 mile continuous run along the Downs Link path, almost to the Surrey/Sussex border and back again, and then I grabbed my gear, went round Paul's house and did two more miles more as a warm down than anything else. Broke my 2 hour target!!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/13173725
Tuesday 15th - new shower installed. Praise be.
Only six weeks to go now and I'm beginning to get a bit excitable. I can't imagine what I'll be like on the day.
Under five weeks to go. The local pub has been tremendously supportive and I have put sponsor forms on the wall. The following anagram I have composed is therefore very fitting, as I am likely to end up in the Queen's Head after the run:
Barns Green Half Marathon
