I should be really nervous by now, at least at the thought of the challenge that awaits me in just 7 days time...3 marathons, 3 days, over humungously huge hills along the South West Coastal path : insane! Training was going really well until beginning February when I took the liberty of going on holiday, then injured my calf and since then, running has been a bit sporadic to say the least and in definite need of a confidence booster. That came last Sunday when I took my place on the start line for the infamous Grizzly run...20ish miles of pebbles, hills, mud and water. The weather was stunning for early March and despite having a panic attack at just 4 miles that I was finding it really tough, I crossed the finish line in a very respectable 3.30 bearing in mind it's claimed that the rigours of the course should take roughly your road marathon time. Confidence boosted....
I'm running all these marathons for two local charities : Bournemouth Hospital's Jigsaw Appeal for a new women's cancer and health unit, and Wave 105's Cash for Kids. My thoughts are that I wanted to bring my fundraising closer to home as unfortunately, there is a high likelihood of people who live in the South of England being helped by either or both of these at some point in their lives.
Wave is anticipating being linked to the Virgin Money Giving site early next week, and with Jigsaw already there, I can then at last set up my fundraising page and start promoting my challenge 'to the world' and hopefully start seeing support flooding in!
No comments:
Post a Comment