Yes, I am either crazy or stupid to sign up for a half marathon!! 

As of June 2022, I was a nonrunner, my colleague/friend/cheerleader Charlie suggested "why don't we run a half marathon in Barcelona in Feb23", my response at the time was "Charlie I can't even run down my street". After a few days contemplating it and for anyone that knows me personally, knows I NEVER turn down a challenge. I thought why not me, I can do this, so I downloaded the Couchto5K app and began training with the dream of signing up for the half marathon....

To spur me on even further, I am doing this on behalf of a charity close to my heart. Over the past 3 years I have volunteered my spare time to a local charity Enrych Oxfordshire, who support adults with a disability. They believe that every adult with a disability should be able to choose how they live their life and be empowered to achieve the goals they make. Their mission is to work collaboratively to eliminate social socialization and improve wellbeing for adults living with a disability.

I have been part of their buddy scheme for 3 years. I was/still am paired up with Anita (see photos) and we have so much fun together. Trips to the cinema, zoo, dog walks, garden centres and so much more. This gives Anita the comfort of knowing someone is coming to see her and she is able to leave her house to do things she would never dream of doing alone. I wanted to run this half marathon to give even more back to a charity that does so much for its members. Enrych provide its members like Anita to have the confidence to leave their house, go for meals with the group so they are not alone, have someone to speak with and so much more. As Enrych have a shortage of volunteers they really rely on donations as they have no government funding to fund the charity so they can organize group events, days out and the funding keeps the charity alive!!

Please donate anything you can, for Enrych, for me and for my poor legs that may not make it through all this training!!!! ;)

xxxx