Guess I should mention that I have decided to stick with Edinburgh Marathon. Training starts 1 February.
Archive of posts filed under the Running fool category.
THE London Marathon
I got the phone call yesterday afternoon around 4.00pm from the charity St Johns Ambulance indicating they’d had a dropout. If I was still interested, a place in the London marathon was mine. The minimum fundraising amount is £1,450. That was one of the lowest minimum amounts. Immediately I was placed between ‘rock’ and ‘hard [...]
Run, Leah, Run?
I just want to run, damn it! A week ago I found out that I had not made it into the 2010 London Marathon by the ballot. I think I read that there were more than 100,000 people who entered the ballot and there are only around 30 or 40,000 places. Some are charity places [...]
More Running
I just thought I would update you on my running. I’ve now signed up for a 10K (6.2 miles) on 12 July on Clapham Common here in London. I’ve also just signed up for a half-marathon (13.1 miles) on 18 October in my hubby’s hometown of Cardiff, Wales. I’m actually looking most forward to that one [...]
Why I’m Running
I got a very important package in the mail today: my Cancer Research UK 5K information package. It contains my very first race bib number, my souvenir t-shirt and, most importantly, the ‘I’m running for’ back bib for race day. I’m very excited to take part in my first charity 5K race but I don’t [...]
I like running
I like running so much I’ve entered the ballot to run the 2010 London Marathon. That’s right, all 26.2 miles of it. I will find out in October whether or not I have a place.
Even if I don’t make it in with the ballot I can still run for a charity as they have guaranteed [...]
My personal challenge
Today I ran home from work. According to Google maps it is 4.2 miles. I walked .65 miles to warm up and another .26 to cool down. I ran 3.57 miles. Now that’s not that big of a deal normally as I’m currently running that every other day. The major achievement today was the fact [...]
The Incredible Shrinking Leah
Friends and family will know that I’m on a weight loss regime and have been for the better part of a year now. As of today, since last January, I have lost 34 pounds. I don’t know how many inches because I didn’t bother to measure.
The first time I noticed a major difference in my waistline was [...]
Race for Life
As mentioned in today’s earlier post I wanted to run a charity 5k race. Well, I’ve signed up for one so there’s no turning back. I’ve added a link to the left in Websites and a new page up above and to the right, both of which can be used to donate money. My friends [...]
My first 5k results
Well, I did it. I got up this morning and ran a full five kilometres in the woods. It was freaking hard! I’m used to running on the pavement so the spongy ground made it twice as difficult because you have to work that little bit extra to move your leg. The slight sink into [...]