I did it!  In this 17 km x- country ski race for women in the Engadin valley Switzerland on 1 March 09  I beat last year's time by 28 minutes. You can see why I didn't do even better if you google ENGADIN FRAUENLAUF and follow frauenlauf tab, bildgallerie, see picture no. 35! Asking for sponsorship of my improvement by "minutes improved"  gave me an incentive to work at  it.  I am donating the entry and expenses and my SOS friends took on a more tortuous train journey and other difficulties to help my plan, so all donations go direct to BLISS.  Son James chose the charity, and at 1090 g birth weight, he is giving a good account of his neonatal care.  I still have the leaflet I got from BLISS, (who support babies living in special care and their families and the staff who care for them), scrawled  over with names of people in the SCBU who helped us.

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