In a moment of madness, swept away in the flurry of excitement from seeing friends facebook updates and photos of this years achievement I have signed myself up to do the Cardiff Half Marathon.....again.
Some of you may remember my last half marathon in 2012
Here is me with my big brother Chris at the start......
and who could forget my starring role in Casualty as I crossed the finish line in excruciating pain declaring I would NEVER EVER run again, never mind do a half marathon again.
So yeah....here I am, all signed up for half marathon number 2! The initial plan to was just keep it a secret and not tell anyone till maybe a month before, that way it wouldn't matter too much if I didn't get round to training or didn't feel like it because no one would know but then, when I thought about it a bit more I realised what a cop out that was. The whole point of signing up for this was to challenge myself again, regain some of that fitness I had before, motivate myself to get back into running and finally to raise some money for charity. SO....by telling you guys my plan I have now made myself accountable, not just to myself (lets face it, i'm a push over anyway) but i'm accountable to all of you, my family, my friends and also to the charity I shall be running for.
I am also hoping by keeping this blog and updating it regularly I can share my achievements and frustrations with you all whilst picking up tips from the runners out there but more importantly raise awareness for the charity I plan to run for.
I have made contact with my chosen charity today and am waiting to hear back from them before I tell you who it is but ill make no secret of the fact that without these guys the last year would have been even more difficult that it was, perhaps even impossible......but more of that later.
So there we have it....I told you it wasn't that exciting :) but now you guys know, there is no going back.
Let the journey commence *GULP*
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