Nobody wants to be Hawkeye
I decided to push myself last weekend to see just what I was capable of and how much of a struggle the next 8 weeks are going to be. I was very pleasantly surprised.
I manged to push myself to complete half of the marathon distance and spend most of the rest of the day in shock. Not that I was able to complete it, but that I was still (to the best of my knowledge) alive. I manged to be able to walk around for most of the rest of the day and was relatively pain free the next day. My plan for the day was to run several laps around Wimbledon Park, instead I decided to run there first, which was 10km. Following that I then lapped the park 7 times.
A little screen grab from Strava
One quite wonderful thing that I would love to share with you occurred in Wimbledon Park. As I completed circuit after circuit, I became aware of an elderly gentleman who was sat on a bench and every time I went past him he clapped me. It sounds like such a small thing, but that made such a difference in me completing the rest of the laps to take me to the 21.1km mark. It also meant I kept my mood positive whilst dealing with the inevitable chafing.
My weary face after my run (I was looking towards the sun)
Support, however small, means the world to me and will help me complete this quite frankly mad task of running the Virgin London Marathon.
Bottom line is this, to some, me running this marathon is a joke - something to use as banter and scoff at. The truth is that i'm out training and taking this seriously and working damn hard to try and prepare myself for. I'm eating properly, taking more care of myself and planning each and every phase. Support is now more important than anything, please share these posts, send positive message and if you'd like to, sponsor me (or get raffle tickets)
In a slightly more cheery tone I am trying to sort out a date where I can walk the marathon course in order to plan out the day as a whole. I may well do this by incorporating a few pubs into the day so suggestions are welcome on nice places.
Prizes for my raffle have increased in both number and quality. I now have the follow items that are being raffled to help increase the money I raise for Young Minds.
- Discovery holdall/backpack (this is seriously beautiful)
- Bottle of Malt Whiskey
- Bottle of Whisky
- Bottle of Brandy
- Bottle of Prosecco
- Bottle of French red wine
- Bottle of Spanish red wine
- Bottle of white wine
- Box of chocolates
- box of cosmetics ( I can't remember exactly what they are off the top of my head)
- Bottle holder
Tickets are £1 each and will be drawn before race day. You can do this over Paypal (sbath14@googlemail.com) or using the Virgin Money link below and I will issue you with your ticket number. If you're feeling really social, you can also get them in person.
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SimondoRuns
If you wish to donate and support me in my cause, you can do so here:
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SimondoRuns
And in case you couldn't find the link, it's here
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SimondoRuns
I've been invited to Young minds next week where I get to see first hand the great work that they do for children with mental health conditions. I'm really looking forward to this because I think it'll really start to ramp up my motivation in building to the big day. Look out for next week's instalment of the blog (with of course another film related pun that's something to do with the number seven)
Current mood: Overly positive
P.S
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SimondoRuns
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