RUN FATGIRL RUN - PART 2

I did it!!!!!!!  I completed the marathon.  It was horrible and painful and difficult and I cried a lot and wanted to give up for most of it.  But I didn't give up and it was also amazing and fullfilling and I did it and have the medal.  My time was terrible, 8 hours but looking back I'm even glad about that.  I hope one day to go back and do it in a good time but if I had never have had this experience exactly as it was there is so much I would have missed and a side of the marathon and how fantastic and supportive people, both friends and strangers are I would never have known about. 

I am so grateful to my wonderful friends who supported me and even waited at the 22 mile mark to finish it with me and also to all the hundreds of strangers who waited for hours next to empty roads just so they could be there when eventually the occasional person at the back of the marathon went by so they could cheer and shout support.  The 2 runners (separately) who were running down the side of the dual carriageway near the end obviously heading for good times as I went up the side of the dual carriageway that was just heading for the 13 mile mark who each moved to the center and slowed down to almost a stop just to shout encouragement to me and tell me to keep going and don't give up. 

And that is just a couple of examples there was so much support. People can be pretty fantastic.

Thank you everyone who has donated to this page or supported in any other way.  I am still £300 from target so if anyone else would like to give a bit more that would be great :-) 

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In 2008 I ran the race for life and the Great North Run.  That was Run FatGirl Run part 1.  But time waits for no one and it is time for the next challenge that will make me question my sanity.

I have signed up for the 2010 London Marathon!

26 miles?  What the hell was I thinking?

I am running for the National Deaf Childrens society again and am now committed to raise £1500 which I will have to pay myself if I don't manage to raise it so I would really aprieciate any sponsorship you can manage.

For anyone who doesn't know the history and why I do this here is what I have cut and pasted from Run FatGirl Run part 1.  - 

2 years ago I weighed 21st 7lb.  I was huge and had the health to match it.  I struggled to get myself up off the sofa (which didn’t happen very often) and I would have laughed at the idea of me ever attempting to run.

I had been morbidly obese for over a decade but then a health scare made me take a fresh look at myself and my life and what I really wanted.  I made a lot of changes to my life, including my size and health.  I set a target for myself of being able to run the 5km race for life in  2008 and more recently I decided to do the 13mile great north run

The last 2 years have been tough, really tough.  Losing 7 stone is the hardest thing I have ever done and every day has been a battle.  I still have a few stone to go but I am proud of what I have achieved and will keep going.

The charity I have chosen is the national deaf children’s society.  The reason for this is that I had hearing problems myself when I was a child so understand the dramatic impact it can have on a child’s life.  The NDCS does a fantastic job and makes a huge difference in the lives of children.  Any money raised will be well spent and make a real difference. 

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