On 1st of March, I’m taking on Vertical Rush. I will be running up 920 steps to the very top of Tower 42 in the City of London! 

Apparently, this can be completed in 15 minutes, so maybe this won't be too bad. However, I usually look at walking up anything more than 3 flights of stairs and think “jog on, I’m using the lift” so maybe I should keep my expectations low untill I've done a bit of training first (although I do expect to have buns of steel by the end of this!).

I won’t be taking on this challenge on my own on. Four of my fab friends (Lisa Clark, Elizabeth Brickell, Amie Kabia, Kishma Smithurst), will be taking part with me, with the aim of raising a £750 for Shelter! 

Shelter is a charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. Homeless is not just the person you see begging on the street, it is anyone without a fixed address which is a static that is unfortunately on the rise.  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/dec/13/homelessness-mapping-technologies 

What will your
money do? 

£150 could pay for a Shelter adviser to issue court proceedings to prevent a family being evicted. 

£250 could pay to transfer a family from a condemned property into a safe, secure home. 

£500 could give 12 Shelter advisers specialist training to protect thousands of vulnerable children  

Every penny counts, so whatever you can give I'd be grateful

Thanks!

Aisha xxx

 

Update 01/26/2012:  After a couple weeks of 'proper' training, (i.e. actually doing exercise rather than talking about it) I've decided that 920 steps in 15 minutes, is madness! Complete madness!

Who can do that!?  I'm hoping for around 30mins not hyperventilating, and/or collapsing at the end.  Hoping..

Shelter is providing participants with a glass of fizz at the end to celebrate completion. I'm not so sure that’s' the smartest pick me up after exercise. Dehydrated, tired, sweating, and then refreshed with a glass of alcohol?

That’s not to say I’ll be turning it down, that would just be rude. It is for charity ;)

 

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