So WEEK 3 IS COMPLETED...and the idea of this marathon is getting scarier and scarier!! BUT I am definitely getting fitter so thats a bonus!!
This week I've mixed it up a bit and went swimming!! It was actually really nice to respond to my fellow marathon runners laughing at me with 'suckers' as I flapped through the water! (I'm not known for my gracefulness). However most exercise I do at the moment seems to be proceeded by some sort of chocolate. Problem is I feel like I deserve it after my (slightly) gruelling sessions on the treadmill, or 'flapping' as so delicately put!! Well, as an avid Googler I keep reading about how I need to fuel my runs...well, THATS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!
So ONWARDS AND UPWARDS...tonight I am doing aerobics and I am gradually acquiring training buddies which is going to be SUCH a help. Think I'll probably start fancying myself as some hardcore PT instructor and then be run circles around...positive thoughts, positive thoughts.
It's so nice to see that people have been reading my blog...its on 100 views!! So loving life a bit over here...I'm pretty sure I contributed about 50 of those views, trying to view, who'd viewed the blog! However that is by the by, 100 views woo!
I shall see you next week...
Love (at the moment I'll be crawling it) Laura
Monday 29 October 2012
Monday 22 October 2012
WEEK 2...still alive, for now.
So...week 2 is done and yesterday marked the 6 month mark...therefore in 6 months time today it will all be over and me and Hannah will be some horrific state but probably loving life that we have completed the marathon!...getting slightly ahead of myself here!!
So last week I stuck to the training plan...apart from my long run day. After a game of netball yesterday I started up the treadmill...and despite my efforts to visualise lots of hotshot marathon runners laughing in my face as they jog easily past me, I'd lost motivation a bit! HOWEVER...I have noticed big improvements; I ran the same run this week as the week before but much faster! So thats always positive! This week I tallied up a total of about 7 miles (which without my long run I'm pretty happy with that!!)
And this week I embark on week 3 of my training plan and I am going to try a spin class too so I shall let you know if I make it out alive!!
Me and Hannah are going to be producing some promotional stuff for you to all keep up to date so once I have launched this blog properly we can get this all going! The fundraising is a big fat niggle in my head, constantly so I'm very eager to get it up and running!!
Let us know if you have any challenges for us to complete to aid your sponsorship generosity and to help us with our training...nothing too lethal though, please.
www.virginmoneygiving.com/laurawakeford is my sponsor page!
Have a great week and I'll update you again next week.
Love (a still aching) Laura
So last week I stuck to the training plan...apart from my long run day. After a game of netball yesterday I started up the treadmill...and despite my efforts to visualise lots of hotshot marathon runners laughing in my face as they jog easily past me, I'd lost motivation a bit! HOWEVER...I have noticed big improvements; I ran the same run this week as the week before but much faster! So thats always positive! This week I tallied up a total of about 7 miles (which without my long run I'm pretty happy with that!!)
And this week I embark on week 3 of my training plan and I am going to try a spin class too so I shall let you know if I make it out alive!!
Me and Hannah are going to be producing some promotional stuff for you to all keep up to date so once I have launched this blog properly we can get this all going! The fundraising is a big fat niggle in my head, constantly so I'm very eager to get it up and running!!
Let us know if you have any challenges for us to complete to aid your sponsorship generosity and to help us with our training...nothing too lethal though, please.
www.virginmoneygiving.com/laurawakeford is my sponsor page!
Have a great week and I'll update you again next week.
Love (a still aching) Laura
Friday 12 October 2012
WEEK 1
OK SO I'M RUNNING THE MARATHON! I can't believe that me and Hannah have actually subjected ourselves to this (very worthwhile) torture out of our own free will! The feeling of undue anxiety and complete elation as I read the email that I got my Golden bond place for Variety is one that won't quickly be forgotten!
Hannah and I are running for separate charities; mine for disadvantaged and disabled children. An issue that has been close to my heart for a couple of years after working on a disadvantaged children's camp in America for the past 2 years! Hannah is raising money for a charity which supports the homeless. Both absolutely fantastic causes...although we have a lot of work to do in terms of running/training and fundraising!
So as my first entry I am creating this blog to keep you all updated on my progress through out the running adventure so that you can see your money is going to see me and Hannah across the finish line on the 21st of April...I'll repeat that WHEN we cross that finish line (even if I'm crawling).
So to keep you up to date on my training plans I have already completed the first 2 sessions of my training plan (along with 2 netball training sessions) whilst dying of the freshers flu...(some how I feel that this will be a highlight of the gruelling session that lie ahead...) and I'm feeling GREAT! I will be keeping track of all the miles I have run per week so you all know that I'm not slacking!
Thank you so much for your support and please keep up to date with mine and Hannahs marathon journeys via this blog or facebook (I'll post the link on my next weekly blog update!)
LOVE (a already aching) LAURA!
Hannah and I are running for separate charities; mine for disadvantaged and disabled children. An issue that has been close to my heart for a couple of years after working on a disadvantaged children's camp in America for the past 2 years! Hannah is raising money for a charity which supports the homeless. Both absolutely fantastic causes...although we have a lot of work to do in terms of running/training and fundraising!
So as my first entry I am creating this blog to keep you all updated on my progress through out the running adventure so that you can see your money is going to see me and Hannah across the finish line on the 21st of April...I'll repeat that WHEN we cross that finish line (even if I'm crawling).
So to keep you up to date on my training plans I have already completed the first 2 sessions of my training plan (along with 2 netball training sessions) whilst dying of the freshers flu...(some how I feel that this will be a highlight of the gruelling session that lie ahead...) and I'm feeling GREAT! I will be keeping track of all the miles I have run per week so you all know that I'm not slacking!
Thank you so much for your support and please keep up to date with mine and Hannahs marathon journeys via this blog or facebook (I'll post the link on my next weekly blog update!)
LOVE (a already aching) LAURA!
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