Well, we managed it!

In spite of the horrendous weather - hailstones and then torrential rainfall! (couldn't have been wetter if we'd stood under a power shower!!). One hairy moment when Sara's trousers started foaming at the knee - clearly hadn't washed all the soap suds out...! (no suprises there then...!)

Didn't quite make Tim's 2 hour 15min target - but 5 mins more than that prob not too bad. Have suprised myself by saying i'll do it again next year...

Hi everyone,

Thank you for looking!

Neither of us are sporting types who dash out every evening for a run or sporting class - in fact we come home and eat / watch some television and occassionally pop out for a jog / row / game of tennis!

However, over new year, we decided to try to get healthy and try to raise some money in the process. Unfortunately - we've jumped the gun a little, and rather than doing a 10K race / gentle jog, we've entered a half marathon (13.1miles - 21K!), and a fast one at that - the road closures in Chester stop at 3 hours!!!

I've chosen the chronic granulomatous disorder research trust, as this is an inherited disorder that we meet via our work as doctors spending time in the Immunology department at Leicester Royal.

If you want to know more about the disease, here's a link

http://www.cgd.org.uk/cgd/what_is_cgd

The disease is rare, so it means doctors and nurses who aren't trained in Immunology don't recognise the signs that a baby / child may have the disease - often until it's too late. Children with the disease get severe infections that the cells in their blood are unable to fight. If you have a science mind and want more detail i'll find a link that's accessable via public and post a link below

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=306400

(this is for the x-linked form which only affects boys - this is the most common form, but there are others that can affect boys or girls).

The CGD research trust not only supports research into the disease (current options for affected children include a bone marrow transplant, but gene therapy could be a potential cure), but also helps provide support for the patients (and their parents) and promotes awareness of the disorder via their specialist nurses.

I'll add info as we go along (to our facebook group) (just to clarify I don't mean on the day...!) - such as when I can run for more than 5 minutes!

Wish me luck, and thank you to all those who sponsor me - we'll get someone to video us at the finish line on the day, and post it on facebook!!! (look for us under "sara and mel are running the chester half marathon" as a group) (Mel may kill me for this - although she seems to always look quite refreshed after a run, whereas I have a bright red face and look as though i'm about to drop...!)

Sara     xx                                                                                                                                 

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