Well, here I am……….a HALF MARATHON!   The opportunity arose in 2020 to run this race for The Blue Skies Balcony Appeal, I didn’t have to think twice, I signed up immediately.  To anyone that knows me, knows I am not a runner.  I have never in my life been able to run even a mile.  At the age of 46, overweight and menopausal I can  think of no better time, than now.  Running is not natural to me, however has had an unexpected positive influence on my mental health.  Like most people I know, low mood can affect us all at some point in our lives, so for me this is a life saver.  My sole aim is to finish 13.109 miles on the day, even if it is on my knees, hopefully within the 3 hour restriction placed on the race.  Wish me luck!

**update** As I have contracted Covid, unfortunately I have been off my feet and unable to train.  To be safe I have opted to ‘Run my way’ which enables me to run the race in my own time by mid October.  I’m devastated to not have the experience on the actual day.  But will still complete the distance required, fulfilling my promise to myself and to my charity. 

The Blue Skies Balcony Appeal!The new appeal is to build a garden balcony on our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) so that our poorly patients can benefit from the outdoors in a safe and infection-controlled environment. All patients, their visitors and staff are set to benefit from this innovative improvement that will make it easier and safer to move patients outside with no loss of space to the existing unit which opened in 2014.

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