So having sat on the marathon news for a couple of weeks I have decided two things.
1. I need a proper schedule and I probably need a schedule to get me to the schedule.
Excited with the news regarding the marathon place I went and did a 16 mile run. It's the first time I've ever gone over the 13.1 miles of a half marathon. I had intended to do a 14 but messed up by going freestyle on the route! By jimminy did it hurt!
So I got in touch with Lucy Ellis and Andrea Culp both newly qualified UKA coaches and they are really keen to help map out a schedule which is fab!
2. As my first attempt at a marathon I figure that if I can use it as a way of raising a little cash for a charity then that is what I should do. I have decided to hook up with Asthma UK. I promised my daughter many years ago that if I ever did the London Marathon that I would run in aid of Asthma. The irony is that since then, whilst she is still theoretically asthmatic she does seem to have grown out of it whereas I have grown into being diagnosed as asthmatic last year - it being nearly the cause of me giving up running.
As I have a ballot place the great thing is that all the money I raise goes directly to Asthma UK whether that be 30 or 30,000 pounds plus in wearing their vest it does a little bit towards raising their profile.
Getting excited about all this now!
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