Well last night saw an amazing effort on tv with some very inspirational stories and over £50m raised for the charity Sports Relief. As well as some incredibly sad stories, and lots of tears, there were a number of celebrities that really did go the extra mile.
The achievements by John Bishop, David Walliams and Helen Skelton were to say the least awe inspiring, and watching the documentaries of what they managed to do made me realise that as long as you put your mind to it, anything is achievable.
The most inspirational person of the night however had to be Frank Skinner. Something so simple as swimming a length of a pool, for someone that couldnt swim and had a fear of water. The whole show was incredible, some extremely sad stories and an amazing charity that do so so much for so many people.
Sunday, tomorrow, I take part in miles 6.2 to 12.2 of my personal challenge of 100 miles for the NRAS in 2012 by taking part in the Sports Relief mile - 6 miles. Its not been an easy couple of weeks with some significant issues with my calf's that has really got me very worried. A lot of soreness and stiffness and real worry that Im going to get a serious injury. After a lot of thought, Ive gone back and redone the gait analysis and it appears my running style has changed slightly, so new trainers and hopefully all will go to plan tomorrow. Im expecting a very flat route, so would love to get round the course in about 1 hour 10.
My brother was also down to do the event with me, but unfortunately a fall has resulted in a fractured ankle. Thoughts are with him, and hopefully he will have recovered in time to take part in the Tewkesbury Half Marathon in May with me as his first event of the year for the NRAS. (He's also going to be doing the Royal Parks Half with me later in the year).
I will be accompanied by Abbey on the day. She is going to have a first go at running and will be amongst the thousands that are going to be running the Sports Relief mile.
Id always planned to use this as part of the NRAS 100 miles, however, after watching yesterday, I feel I have to try and raise some money for Sports Relief. £5 can make such a difference to this charity, and innoculate a child from illnesses that can kill, so............I know I have the NRAS charity page set up, but if any of you would like to sponsor me for the Sports Relief charity as well I would very much appreciate it:
http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/nras100miles
Thanks for any support that you can give me. Even spreading the word helps out so much so if you can I would really appreciate it.
Saturday 24 March 2012
Sunday 11 March 2012
Its been a while!
Well, as you may have gathered, its been a while! But with good reason......
Unfortunately at the end of January as the training continued, 5 minutes into a training run, over my music I suddenly heard a pop, and with a lot of pain realised the pop was from my calf! What happened next was unfortunately nearly a month of recovery time to be able to start running again, so everything went a bit pear-shaped!
At the same time, we had lots of fun and games in the personal life as well, with numerous visits to doctors and A&E with Simone, who unfortunately has been suffering superficial thrombosis!
But, after a month off, Ive slowly started running again, not many runs yet, and its going to take some time, but desperately need to get back into it.
Just to throw myself back into it, on the 5th March, after just two training runs back, I had the first of the planned events for the 100 mile challenge. Initially I decided that I hadnt done enough training so was going to give it a miss, however, as it was only a 10k, I decided that I should be able to get around the course with walking as necessary.
So, on the 5th I turned up at Crystal Palace athletics track and took part in a two lap 10k, involving numerous very steep, but very short hills which were absolutely knackering. The event was really well run, with about 500 people taking part, and I eventually crossed the line in 1 hour 23. A pretty awful time, but given the injury I was more than happy with that, and now its time to get back in to the training properly, the next event is two weeks today with the Sports Relief mile, which I will be doing 6 miles at.
There is still plenty of chance for anyone that would like to take part in it as well, and you can look at running/walking/hoping/skiping, 1 mile, 3 miles or 6 miles!! So why not join in???
Will be keeping the blog going again now, so expect lots of updates with details of the weekly training, and hopefully a few friends may pop on to write a blog about their experiences with RA as well!
Unfortunately at the end of January as the training continued, 5 minutes into a training run, over my music I suddenly heard a pop, and with a lot of pain realised the pop was from my calf! What happened next was unfortunately nearly a month of recovery time to be able to start running again, so everything went a bit pear-shaped!
At the same time, we had lots of fun and games in the personal life as well, with numerous visits to doctors and A&E with Simone, who unfortunately has been suffering superficial thrombosis!
But, after a month off, Ive slowly started running again, not many runs yet, and its going to take some time, but desperately need to get back into it.
Just to throw myself back into it, on the 5th March, after just two training runs back, I had the first of the planned events for the 100 mile challenge. Initially I decided that I hadnt done enough training so was going to give it a miss, however, as it was only a 10k, I decided that I should be able to get around the course with walking as necessary.
So, on the 5th I turned up at Crystal Palace athletics track and took part in a two lap 10k, involving numerous very steep, but very short hills which were absolutely knackering. The event was really well run, with about 500 people taking part, and I eventually crossed the line in 1 hour 23. A pretty awful time, but given the injury I was more than happy with that, and now its time to get back in to the training properly, the next event is two weeks today with the Sports Relief mile, which I will be doing 6 miles at.
There is still plenty of chance for anyone that would like to take part in it as well, and you can look at running/walking/hoping/skiping, 1 mile, 3 miles or 6 miles!! So why not join in???
Will be keeping the blog going again now, so expect lots of updates with details of the weekly training, and hopefully a few friends may pop on to write a blog about their experiences with RA as well!
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