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I've signed up to the 2012km Gold Challenge to fundraise for Cancer Research UK.

 

I have run 2012 km in one year and completed the distance by 19:30, 27th July 2012. Had 1.5hrs to spare before the London Olympics Opening Ceremony! 

Most of the mileage came from training sessions but I did race 10Ks, a half marathon, a 20 miler, a 100 metre sprint and my first ever marathon.

Races:

1 - MH Survival of the Fittest 10K. 12th November 2011. Obstacle course 10K including a 10 ft wall! Battersea Power Stn.

Race # 1494. Completed - 1hr 9mins, 2 open wounds but no broken bones.

 

2 - Brighton 1/2 marathon. 19th February 2012. South coast

Race # 4718. Completed - 1:57:54 (adjusted from original of 2:00:48 for the 13.43 miles everyone ran on the day!)

 

3 - Hillingdon AC Finchley 20. 11th March 2012. 4 x 5 mile laps round Ruislip.

Race # 141. Completed - 3:14:33. Phew!

http://www.hillingdonac.co.uk/?page_id=88

 

4 - Gold Challenge Stadium day. 100m sprint, olympic track, Olympic Stadium. 1st April 2012. CRUK race at 13:57. Completed - 19:52 seconds

http://www.goldchallenge.org/stadium

 

5 - Newham Classic 10km. 15th April 2012, West Ham Park

http://www.newhamclassic10k.com/

Race # 643. Completed - 51:56 (adjusted from the 9.6K 49:51 I ran on the day - another race measured wrong!). Tessa Sanderson high-5'd me as I crossed the finishing line.

 

6 - 1 mile run with Paula Radcliffe and Shelly Woods, Bloomsbury, London. They took it easy on us - 1 mile in 9:40. What an amazing morning :)

7 - London Marathon 22nd April 2012, Blackheath - The Mall. 

Race # 36147. Completed - 4:49:24. Vinny Sharma wins the sweepstake

 

8 - Bupa 10K, 25th May 2012, central London.

http://www.london10000.co.uk/

Race # 8934. Completed - 58:40 in 26C. Far too hot for me

 

9 - Beckenham 10k, 10th June 2012

http://www.beckenhamrunning.co.uk/about/beckenham-races

Race # 12. Completed - 56:57. A very hilly course

 

I fundraise for CRUK as I believe prevention and a cure must be the best way forward in the battle against cancer. More people will survive cancer due to their great work. My mum is one such survivor and I run in celebration of her.

 

Marathon Sweepstake

Closest guess of my finishing time at the London Marathon wins £100. Guesses:

- 3:40 Victoria Fogg

- 3:45 Tapash Mukherjee

- 3:55 Richard Oliver

- 3:58 Richard Higginbottom

- 4:00 Scott Bailey

- 4:02 Carmen Jung

- 4:03 Jessica Millar

- 4:05 Ali Coutts

- 4:10 Ed Murchison

- 4:12 RADical

- 4:16 Hayley Bobrige

- 4:18 Miranda Hall

- 4:20 Paul West

- 4:25 Chris Copping

- 4:27 Billy Green

- 4:30 Robert Boarder

- 4:35 Vinny Sharma

My official finishing time was 4:49 so Vinny Sharma wins the sweepstake.

 

You can follow me on:

- Tumblr blog http://sharondt.tumblr.com/  

- Twitter @LilDT1

 

Distance total at 19:30 27th July 2012 - 2012km. MILEAGE COMPLETE. Highlights of the challenge:

 - Sprinting 100m, Olympic Stadium, Gold Challenge Day 1st April. And meeting the other Cancer Research fundraisers.

- Met and ran with Paula Radcliffe and Shelly Woods at the Holiday Inn run, 19th April.

- Ran the London Marathon for Cancer Research, 22nd April. My first marathon. 

 

Thank-you thank-you thank-you...

Lil DT/Sharon De Torres

sharonadt@hotmail.com

 

 

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