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,

Tuesday 10 June 2014

Under 6 weeks and counting

Well I was only meant to have a week of recovery after the Outlaw Half. My legs have had other plans. They are still tired and in need of rest, coach has been informed and this week is another easy week of training. Problem was that my day of rest was the day I drove 7 hours back up the road from Nottingham.

Training so far has been consistent, I am now getting the monkey on the back telling me 7 weeks, 6 weeks and now under 6 weeks to go till the day. Yes I am in a state of panic and I am trying to reason with myself. Have lost numerous hours of sleep not just down to Rebecca not sleeping but me thinking of all eventualities that could happen to me in a race. Thinking that I will let people down if I do not finish the race etc. Remember that this is for self satisfaction to prove to myself that I can do this aswell as raising money on behalf of my sisters charity.

I just need to relax and tell myself the training has been done and what will happen will happen. Easier said than done. Well I suppose I better get back to work.

Just noticed that the Garmin Fenix 2 is back in stock at Cotswold.


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