Karl and I are still soldiering on with our marathon training and thought a new years update was on the cards to remind you all that we are still working at the running and still working hard to fundraise the £4000 for Help the Hospices.We still have a long way to go with both the running and the fundraising so just want to thank everyone who has showed us support whether it be emotional, psychological or moral and to those have dug deep and donated! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
The festivities of my birthday, Christmas and New Year combined with the fact that I've been looking after Mum who was in hospital for an operation earlier this month has meant that 2014 has got off to a slow-ish start but we are still aiming high and trying our best! Karl did a 10-miler the other day which was fantastic although he managed to fall over (again) and hurt his shoulder. I have been running just 3-4 miles and am now pushing it up to 6/7 miles. The longer distance runs really need to start happening now as we only have 13 weeks to go!
We are also trying to eat a lot better as we have such a HUGE challenge ahead of us. So, from now on booze will be limited (meaning only allowed at the weekends... no more of the mid-week drinking malarkey which I am SO guilty of) and the fridge is full of fresh fish, hearty vegetables, superfoods and suchlike!
I also bought a new iPod nano as mine gave up quite some time ago so I am now the proud owner of a little blue 7th generation iPod nano. It's amazing actually as it has the Nike+ running app on it so it's really motivating to be able to track my runs and see how I'm doing! See my motivated face (plus new iPod nano) below:
Here's my most recent run (a little bit up and down but not too bad!):
And here is Karl's, an impressively fast run up Carrbrook hill, minus Roly who has an injured paw at the moment!
As many of you will have already seen we are hosting a Burns Night party on Saturday 25th January to no.1) celebrate the legend that was Rabbie Burns (plus eat haggis and drink whisky) and no.2) to raise those all important funds for Help the Hospices! We are asking all attendees to buy a ten pound ticket for the night on Eventbrite (the link is on the Facebook page), all of which will go to this amazing charity.
We hope to see as many of there as possible our bonnie wee friends!
If you are feeling flush after the festive season then anything you can spare to donate would be hugely appreciated, you can donate here:
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