Saturday 30 October 2010
marathon challenge: WHY?
marathon challenge: WHY?: "Afternoon... I thought that i would try my hand at blogging and answer the question that everyone keeps asking when i tell them that i have ..."
WHY?
Afternoon...
I thought that i would try my hand at blogging and answer the question that everyone keeps asking when i tell them that i have a place in the 2011 London Marathon - in aid of Help A London Child.
Over ten years ago when i worked at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club I was asked if i would like to run the London Marathon and i laughed at them! Me ..run? as much as i loved going to the gym the thought of giving up all of my spare time (this would surely impose on my clubbing and partying lifestyle that i was very attached to being a single twenty something). Three of my work colleagues, Albert, Cindy & Helen bravely accepted the challenge and although they found it very hard going, they did complete the marathon.
When they came into work and told their story and showed off their medals a part of me was envious, I should have done it! For a long time i kept telling everyone that i would run the Marathon before i was 30.. howeve, my 30th birthday came and went with only a small thought to the goal that i had set myself but done nothing about.
Eventually I decided to do something about it and when i heard that the ballot was open for Capital Radio's HELP A LONDON CHILD.. I went online and completed the application and also when the ballot opened via Virgin i did the same again, Also getting my friend Mario involved and making sure that he completed a form too! Everyone who i told said that it would be very unlikely to get a place in the Marathon especially as a first time applicant.....
Shock, Horror, during the summer i received a call in August from a lady called Aimee who informed me that i had been selected for a gold bond place for the 2011 London Marathon!!!
My immediate reaction isnt really something that i should put on a blog (incase there are any children reading!) but it certainly has kicked my arse into gear.
The first run i did almost killed me, after twenty minutes i struggled home and thought "ohmigod what on earth am i doing?" I had more than one sleepless night thinking about the commitment that i had made and panic running through my head at the thought of 26 gruelling miles. How the bloody hell was i going to manage that when i couldnt even run around the block without hufffing and puffing like a steam train??
Now 8 weeks later, the panic is still there, time management is a small issue, but after some helpful hints and tips and realising that speed isnt the answer to a 26 mile race (not in my case anyhow) i have slowly built up my time and distance. The early mornings arent so great especially now Autumn has kicked in, but it has to be done.
I have given myself another 6-8 weeks to get my minimum run up to 9 miles without falling in a heap on the floor when i get home!
So there you have it .. i have something to prove to myself and also a commitment to raise £2,000 and not let everyone down!
Well thats it for now ....
Luisa
I thought that i would try my hand at blogging and answer the question that everyone keeps asking when i tell them that i have a place in the 2011 London Marathon - in aid of Help A London Child.
Over ten years ago when i worked at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club I was asked if i would like to run the London Marathon and i laughed at them! Me ..run? as much as i loved going to the gym the thought of giving up all of my spare time (this would surely impose on my clubbing and partying lifestyle that i was very attached to being a single twenty something). Three of my work colleagues, Albert, Cindy & Helen bravely accepted the challenge and although they found it very hard going, they did complete the marathon.
When they came into work and told their story and showed off their medals a part of me was envious, I should have done it! For a long time i kept telling everyone that i would run the Marathon before i was 30.. howeve, my 30th birthday came and went with only a small thought to the goal that i had set myself but done nothing about.
Eventually I decided to do something about it and when i heard that the ballot was open for Capital Radio's HELP A LONDON CHILD.. I went online and completed the application and also when the ballot opened via Virgin i did the same again, Also getting my friend Mario involved and making sure that he completed a form too! Everyone who i told said that it would be very unlikely to get a place in the Marathon especially as a first time applicant.....
Shock, Horror, during the summer i received a call in August from a lady called Aimee who informed me that i had been selected for a gold bond place for the 2011 London Marathon!!!
My immediate reaction isnt really something that i should put on a blog (incase there are any children reading!) but it certainly has kicked my arse into gear.
The first run i did almost killed me, after twenty minutes i struggled home and thought "ohmigod what on earth am i doing?" I had more than one sleepless night thinking about the commitment that i had made and panic running through my head at the thought of 26 gruelling miles. How the bloody hell was i going to manage that when i couldnt even run around the block without hufffing and puffing like a steam train??
Now 8 weeks later, the panic is still there, time management is a small issue, but after some helpful hints and tips and realising that speed isnt the answer to a 26 mile race (not in my case anyhow) i have slowly built up my time and distance. The early mornings arent so great especially now Autumn has kicked in, but it has to be done.
I have given myself another 6-8 weeks to get my minimum run up to 9 miles without falling in a heap on the floor when i get home!
So there you have it .. i have something to prove to myself and also a commitment to raise £2,000 and not let everyone down!
Well thats it for now ....
Luisa
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