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Anyone who knows me will be aware that I love running - any running and any distance - from 20 minute 5 KM park runs right the way up to  100 mile ultra marathon events which take  24 hours and more.

My local running club, the fantastic Fairland's Valley Spartans, are organising the Sport relief mile in Stevenage on Sunday 20th March 2016. This will take place at Ridlins athletics track, Stevenage.  

They have challenged me to start running on the Ridlins track at 1000 AM on the Saturday 19th and see how many laps of the track I can do by 1015 on Sunday 20th when the first Sport relief mile starts.

How many can I do ? I have no idea !  I have a personal target to complete 402.5 laps which is 100 miles but, never having run in circles for 24 hours before, I really don't know how my body and more importantly my mind will cope. At least I don't think I will get lost.

You can help in two ways -

The first is obviously by donating any amount to Sport Relief - Any amount would be great but if you can , please  donate £4 which is just1p for every lap in my target distance.

Secondly, if you would like to be part of this event, come and join me!  I don't mean for the whole 24 hours but I would love to have some company for a few laps - so come down to Ridlins track anytime between 1000hrs and 2200hrs  on the 19th and from 0800hrs on the 20th.

Bring your IPod and share your favourite playlist with me to distract me from the monotony of the 400 m loop. 

All abilities welcome - this is an ultra event so I will not be going quickly at any stage - my top speed will be about 10 mins per mile and there will be a lot of walking laps too.

As well as joining me on the track, I will need helpers throughout the 24hrs for essential tasks such as lap counting and keeping me fed and watered - I will only be leaving the track to use the toilet so will have to eat and drink on the move and this requires some logistical help!

There will also be a chance for a few crazy people to join me on track overnight (between 2200hrs and 0800 hrs.)  If you would like to do this, please contact me directly before attending as I have to keep the numbers on site during these hours very limited to keep any noise and disruption to the community to a minimum.

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