The reasoning behind the madness!

The reasoning behind the madness!

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UPDATE! 25 Oct 2010

It is with great sadness that I write this update. On the 25th October 2010 my little sister sadly passed away at the age of 31. She had bravely battled MND for 11 years. She had never given up and had achieved to much even after developing MND, winning the Open University award for achievement to gaining a degree. She will be greatly missed and will for ever be in our thoughts. Love you sis :D

Well where to start, it was all originally done as I was carry to much weight and wanted to loose it. Which I am sure it most peoples story begins, however after loosing the weight I actually started to enjoy running outside. Joined some forums (BCTTT & Runners World), there inspiration and helpfullness has helped me a lot. Now I am also swimming and commuting a couple of times a week to work on my bike! Now since 2011 I accomplished more than I thought I ever would or could. From 5k runs to an Ironman in 2014 and The Outlaw in 2015. In 2016 I am going down a different route, I will be trying Ultra's as you can see from my events I have already entered 3 so far. Now I thought wait a minute I need to have one more motivation and that people is my sister Emma. Since the age of 20 she was very unfortunate and developed MND (Motor Neurone Disease), she is now 31 years of Age. Her health has deteriatated over the years and we nearly lost her last year. My mum had to give up her work and become a full time carer for my sister and my dad takes over the duties when he comes home from work. All the races I do will be in aid of my sister and all money raised will be donated to MND to help raise awareness and research in the disease. Thanks for all your help and enjoy my training blog,

Friday 17 May 2013

Start Again

Having time to actually write something is harder than I first thought it would be. With Yvonne pregnant actually with the imminent arrival of the new member of the family, this could be even harder to do.

I decided after last years races, yes I did do some. Please see below.

Galashiels Triathlon, Aberfeldy Triathlon, Windsor Triathlon (Olympic Distance) that eventually got changed to a duathlon, 50 Mile Sportive, The Vitruvian (Half Iroman), Run with the wind 10K and Wobbly Williams 10K.

All in all not a bad year.

Next year though (2014) I plan to test myself mentally and physically to the limits and do Ironman UK. This is a 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride then to finish with a 26.2 mile run well walk in my case :D.

So I will be needing a lot of support. The training will be hard but in the end I am sure it will be worth it all. Yes I will still be doing this for charity (Motor Neurone Disease). This year I have done the Loch Katrine Half Marathon, Galashiels Triathlon and The Kinross Sportive (68 Mile).


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