Hi oh , hi oh its off to train I go.

Ok so a little background about this and about me (some of you may need both or one or the other )

I have signed up for the Loch ness marathon in 2025.

I will be raising funds for Held In Our Hearts, they are a Scottish charity that have been supporting bereaved parents for over 40 years. I wanted to raise funds for them for 2 main reasons ,

1. I can't imagine how hard it must be to have to go through that but to voluntarily support other people must be incredibly hard so they deserve all the support they can get

2. I always get the feeling that the major charities dominate these sort of events and smaller charities like Heald in our Hearts can be overlooked

I am by no means a marathon runner and this will definitely be a case of "Fisher Price :- My First Marathon " but i am extremely determined and in 2024 I did a charity swim of 100 miles in less than 116 days (finished at 102 in 86 days ) so I feel like this will be a great challenge for me while doing something worthwhile.

So that's the opening spiel but expect more from me over the coming months ...