UPDATE - Completed! Finishing Time 3h 20m 13s - Position 434 of 9459 - Top 5% - (still exhausted though - The 23 degree temprature was almost unbearable!).
Hello
I've decide to run the Edinburgh Marathon in 2010 to help support Bobath Scotland which is a children's therapy centre ,which Greta attends, who do a lot of amazing work with kids (and their parents).
In the build up to the marathon, I've got a series of other races, you can read my race reports on each of these on the Portobello Running Club website www.portobellorunners.co.uk . The races are:
1 - Dursley Dozen 12 miles - 14 Feb - Finish Time 1h 35m 20s
2 - Lasswade 10 miles - 7 Mar - Finish Time 1h 6m 51 s
3 - Alloa Half Marathon - 21 Mar - Finish Time 1h 30m 29s
4 - White Horse 10km - 3 Apr - Finish Time 40m 13s
5 - Sir Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon - 18 April - Finish Time 1h 28m 02s
6 - Edinburgh to North Berwick 20 miles - 1 May - Finish Time 2h 30m 28s
7 - Edinburgh Marathon - 23 May - Target Time 3h 30 m
I've put in a fair bit of training in 2009 running 900 miles, over 122 hours, burning 132,000 calories and losing almost 25% of my body weight. I've had to increase the training in 2010 and during the first three months I've ran 570 miles over 78 hours. But it still seems like a huge challenge! So I need as much encouragement as possible!
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All the best
Ian (and a big thanks to Thea, Greta and Beatrice who all put up with my running chatter and injury moans!)
