Funny old week really. Couple of 45 minute runs....Rich and family return to Holland - great mate I will miss until the next visit.
Had 5 minutes at the Club 100 Thursday breakfast meeting to explain the purpose of doing this run I was not built to do.......turning 40, people saying I can't do it and the girls/nurses at the Hospice and MKSNAP who are just amazing........surprised myself and walked out with £ 400.00 cash for the cause !!! delighted...only wish I'd started talking to strangers sooner !
Lisa is helping contact friends, family, business contacts of old and mates....were having some great success and are over the £ 6000.00 mark.....HUGE THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO HAS DONATED....PLEASE HELP IF YOU HAVEN'T.
I've even been supported by my class of 1985......Philips High, Whitefield, Manchester, a great old school friend, Kelly-Lee Wilkinson emailed my classmates of '85 ahead of our reunion in July......old friends I'd not heard from for 25 years sent emails and sponsorship with great words of encouragement....many of them new my 'Mum'.....made me take time out to reflect once more on why I was doing this.
Saturday 'Toys' R' Us' for a Scooter for Isabelle, onto the Rugby where we beat London Irish and then dinner with the Bond's and Campbells......a full on week of work, running and play !
Sunday, the training programme says a 1 hour easy run.....1 hour so I do 7.5 miles around Pitsford Resevoir. Lisa and Isabelle jump in the car...it was a glorious day, sunny with a fresh breeze, sailing boats were racing on the bright blue, shimmering lake. Lisa hires a bike, with childseat for Isabelle, and they follow me on the relatively short run compared to a week down the road.
Just 7 days to the London Marathon.....nervous yes, confident....NOT !
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