Last updated Mon 20 Feb 2006 Member since February 2006
I m back! and this year I m running for WellChild .... go and see my photo s on Flickr - click here.--> Click here
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This is a blog about my preparation for running my eigth London Marathon.
- Bringing in the younger (ish) Generation!
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This year I'm going to be running the marathon with my daughter Barb (everybody else calls here "Titch") .... she doesn't like shorts so she's wearing a black skirt with pick fishnet tights as she didn't fancy shorts?!!
Please go to our just giving page to make a donation ...OUR JUST GIVING PAGEThursday 12 April 2007 - 01:30PM (BST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments - About "WellChild"
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We're running for WellChild - this is what they're about:
"We are running for WellChild, which is FLM’s chosen charity and UK’s leading charity
for sick children. The money we raise will go to help save the lives of thousands of
children and improve treatments and care across many childhood illnesses, from
cancer to meningitis, heart disease to premature birth. There are nearly
14million children in UK. Unfortunately one in five of them have a long-term illness
such as diabetes, asthma or some form of blood, kidney, skin, heart or intestinal disorder, and there are currently more chronically sick children in UK than at any time in our history. By running this marathon, we hope that we can help make the lives of sick children better. So WellChild can continue their search for new cures and treatments and provide the vital support chronically sick children and their families need."
Here's the link to their site: WELLCHILDThursday 12 April 2007 - 01:24PM (BST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments - Warming up for 2007
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As part of the warm up for my 2007 marathon attempt a group of us set off to Prague to run the half marathon.
You can see how we got on here!
OUR TRIP TO PRAGUE
Thursday 12 April 2007 - 01:20PM (BST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments - My training latest
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My training for the marathon is going really well, and I've been on some longer runs and a few walks. Last weekend I did a 12 mile run, and this Saturday I'm planning to do a 16 mile one. Normally I'd do it on Sunday, but this weekend I'm going to the Health and Vitality Show at London Olympia with my daughter and granddaughter. It's a nice way to spend a day, there's loads of beauty stuff that doesn't really bother me, but the health stuff is great.
I do like to pamper myself after the marathon though, and take a week off afterwards. I go to a day spa with a sauna and steamroom, and maybe get a massage as well.
I've just stuck my marathon number onto my t-shirt in preparation. This year's Alzheimer's Society marathon t-shirt has an elephant on it, so I'm going to see if I can find some elephant ears to match!
Thursday 30 March 2006 - 05:03PM (BST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments - Marathon moments
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My favourite moment in all the many marathons I've run was in Berlin in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall came down. It was as I ran through the Brandenberg Gate, with people either side cheering - the atmosphere was really electric. It was a wonderful feeling, there was a sense of celebration that I've never seen elsewhere. I wanted to stay longer in Berlin to see the celebrations, but had to leave.
That was a big difference to the first marathon I ran, which was in Paris. It was alright, but there was a lot of cheating. In fact, there was so much cheating that Paris was the first marathon to introduce clickers to stop people joining in halfway round. You'd spot them running out of the crowd every so often and want to say something, but there wasn't much point.
Friday 10 March 2006 - 04:37PM (GMT) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
