When I've watched the London Marathon on the television I've been amazed by the whole event. All those people running all that way - how/why do they do that? But after a while I wondered if I could do it too? I run several times a week, and I've built that up from nothing, from walking and then alternating a few paces of running until I completed my first 5k in 2006, and have now run 3 half-marathons. In April next year I will reach my 50th birthday and running the London Marathon seemed to be an ideal way to celebrate!
I am the librarian at Wollaston School and I am running for the school's chosen charity for this year - CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Running the London Marathon has now turned from a personal challenge into so much more - the chance to help raise funds for such a worthwhile cause.
Yesterday I ran around one of my favourite places - Stanwick Lakes. It's a great place to run or walk, play, cycle, canoe, birdwatch, walk the dog etc. The lakes are old gravel pits by the river Nene and a disused railway line runs through the middle with other paths leading off around the various lakes. The terrain is very flat and it's brilliant for a long run at weekends. I ran for 1 hour 22 minutes yesterday, despite it being pretty hot, so I was pleased with that. There was one slightly scary moment when I thought I could see a person lying across the path ahead, and wondered if I could remember how to do resucitation, but she was actually sunbathing, lying on a bench next to the path - phew!
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