Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Well, I cant believe I am going to be doing this fantastic half marathon. January 2019, I couldn't run for 20 seconds never mind covering over 20km!

I have been steadily progressing over the last 12 months and still run 3 times a week improving my fitness and speed all of the time, but this will be a totally new challenge.

A massive step up from the original 5km rough runner cancelled event from last year.

I would be super grateful if all of my friends and family could find some spare pennies to help me in this new challenge. I thank everyone who donated previously for my 2x 10km races last year and ask if you can find the time to add to that if you can help with this new challenge.

Yet again the original race cancelled last year has been cancelled again so I've upped my challenge even more 2nd time around. 

Thanks for reading.

Original content from last year posted below for reference 

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As someone who has, quite honestly, rarely exercised since leaving school I decided at Christmas that enough was enough and I needed to get myself into shape.

Fully expecting to give up by 4th January, here I am now running 3 times a week, doing park runs and looking at how I can make a difference to help others.

I have chosen to donate to Hartlepool Families First/Families First North East, a fantastic local charity who help disabled children and families.

https://www.hartlepoolfamiliesfirst.org.uk/

For those who are not familiar with Rough Runner, it is basically a 5km run with 10 obstacles inspired by shows such as Gladiators, Total Wipeout and Ninja Warrior

https://roughrunner.com/obstacles/

I have no doubt that this is going to be really tough for me but now I have the determination and drive to improve and raise some money for a brilliant cause. 

Please give whatever you can and share the page with friends, family and colleagues. 

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**update july 2019. 

Rough runner deferred to next year due to the event being cancelled. All donations automatically transferred to the new event. In addition to this I am also doing the Ryedale 10km and Tees 10km on july 28th and september 7th. Charity remains the same. Any donations greatly appreciated for a fantastic local charity.