The hard work begins here...

Cue hyperventilating. Oh my God. I've actually gone and signed up for the Brighton Half Marathon, which takes place in 92 days. 92 Days! According to google and some guestimation, it is achievable.. so long as I train properly through the winter months.

I decided to fundraise for Scope because they're a wicked charity, who campaign to drive change in the way that society treat disability, and help create equal opportunities for disabled people. This is something close to home that I feel like Toby lives by. From what I know of my Dad, he also spent a large chunk of his life caring for people from lots of different backgrounds, with different levels of ability, with nothing but compassion and a good sense of humour.

Feel free to send some dollar to Scope via me here  as I've only got until Feb to raise £200.

I have legs, I should use them. I know this won't be an easy feat, I'll have to train hard both mentally and physically, but I am excited. Brighton is a beautiful city and I can't wait to run along the seafront.

Running

Two things happened today, that resulted in me ending up here this evening.

1. I picked up a book called ‘Running Like a Girl’ by Alexandra Heminsley in Waterstones today whilst I was procrastinating about going to the gym. I already had my trainers on, but sometimes it takes me a while to get mentally where I need to be for a run. I went to Cafe Nero, for a pre-gym coffee & started reading, and within 20 minutes I was contemplating signing up for the Brighton Marathon next April. She made me want to run, and keep running, and then run some more. I realised how interesting I find it reading about other peoples fitness and running stories: how they started, their struggles, their accomplishments, their motivation, what works and what doesn’t. Essentially why people run (other than the obvious one - to get away from someone/somewhere/something.) 

1. I went to the gym as I intended and I had a really good 10K run. I write it so easily, like I’ve done it so many times before, but it was only my second feat. I’m getting fairly confident and perhaps slightly complacent with running just 5K so I figured it was a good way to step it up. When I was running today I let go. I fully relaxed my mind and let it wonder wherever it wanted to, and it took me back here. A seed was planted mid-run, and I decided that when I got home I’d have a go at writing about my running habits. 

So, here goes nothing!

My Running Goals

Beat my 5K time (26:55)

Beat my 10K time (60:23)

Run a half-marathon

Run a marathon

Run a total of 125K by the end of 2014

Run a total of 200K in 2015