Every year me and some of my friends do something for the charity CDH UK. We do this in memory of a little girl called Amelia Grace who sadly passed away due to the condition. So far we have done an 8 mile walk in 2013 and then in 2014 we did a 20 mile walk. I have previously done a 10k run for the same charity. I decided that I wanted to do something special and out of my comfort zone for them in 2015. There were plenty of races that I wanted to do so I thought why not do them all as one big fund raising effort for CDH.I have 6 10 km runs, 4 half marathons and a marathon planned over 8 months in 2015. This will be my first marathon and I am ridiculously scared about the whole challenge of the training and completing the marathon. As it stands, the last run I did was the Great North Run which was a disaster for me as I had not trained seriously enough and I had problems with my calf 2 miles in which meant I had to walk the rest of the 13.1 miles. I have not ran since then as I had just lost all my confidence and believed I couldn't do it. I had to sign up for something or organise something for next year to give me a kick up the bum!
After I found out I had been unsuccessful in the London Marathon ballot, I decided to enter the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon to give me a year to train and get back running. I noticed a season ticket available which included the marathon and 4 10km runs, all organised by Run For All. Somehow I have now ended up signing up for all the Run For All events next year! These are the events I am doing:
Sunday 22nd March: Lincoln 10km
Sunday 12th April: Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon (Sheffield)
Sunday 3rd May: North Lincolnshire Half Marathon (Scunthorpe)
Sunday 10th May: Leeds Half Marathon
Sunday 14th June: Hull 10km
Sunday 28th June: Pennine 10km
Sunday 12th July: Leeds 10km
Sunday 2nd August: York 10km
Sunday 13th September: Great North Run (Newcastle)
Sunday 27th September: Great Yorkshire Run (Sheffield)
Sunday 11th October: Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon (York)
I'm doing this blog to highlight the ups and downs of the training and to keep everyone informed of my progress! T x
