Those who know me know i love to run, plod, shuffle, crawl and climb my way round long distance events and running was my identity.  My life revolved around races and training and i adored running.

However, a health set back at the end of 2018 saw me hang up my shoes and become a sloth.  i had no interest in running or exercise in general and just went off grid and underground to mope!

I have had no desire to run or get active and not only have i put on weight i have lost one of the main ways i dealt with stresses and hassles of daily life.  I look back through my photos of when i was a runner and the smiles on my face and the places i visited and the friends i spent time with was epic.

I've lost a lot of that!!!

Seven months on and other than the odd shuffle at plodders every other week i have done ZERO exercise and i know now its affected my mental health and also made me become a bit of a couch potato.

Back in January work wanted a team to run for Christie's to raise valuable funds.   I signed up thinking it would motivate me to get out running and training.   But i really struggled - even as my health improved i still didnt want to run!!!!!

Ive buried my head in the sand and hardly trained and i find myself on the weekend of the run feeling really annoyed at myself for letting the charity down by not training for this event.

That said this last two weeks it has motivated me to get out and sparked a little flame of hope that i am getting my run mojo back and i am now looking at new trainers and have my eye on a race for the end of the year.

So on Sunday, i find myself almost back to my beginner days about to embark upon a 10km.   Now i had got blase about ten km races- they were my short training runs!!!!!! Now seven months of slothlike behaviour and i am certain i will find it hard.

So i am looking for donations - and i thought to myself -why would people sponsor me for a ten km when they know i have ran hundred mile races????????   

In all honesty i think i will find this ten km harder than my lakeland effort- for that i was prepped and mentally in the right place- for this i am overweight, unfit, untrained, and lacking in a huge dose of motivation - plus its a road run for gods sake- i dont do roads!!!!!!!!!!

So please forgive my absolute lack of commitment to training - we have all been there- good intentions and lack of follow through!!!!

Donate because this charity deserves more !!! 

Donate because this charity does amazing things for so many.

And perhaps consider that a ten km for me right now is way harder than my 100miler last year- not just physically but mentally.

I would like to raise £200 so please any donation no matter how big or small would be appreciated.

And i vow that this will start my running mojo back in the right direction !!!! Watch this space

Love to All

Lou xxxx

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