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Professional cheerleaders John Clark (right) and Minty (left)
Three months to go until we really get started!

The first event that is; the training is already well under way, and I’d like to start off with a huge thank you to everyone who has read the blog, messaged me, donated and spurred me on.

Seven weeks in to my schedule and having taken a couple of weeks off updating the blog to concentrate on fitting everything in, it seems a good time to show there has been some progress.

I’ve run up what felt like the steepest hill ever, managed my furthest ever distance without stopping, and I’ve made myself get up to run at 6.00 on a Saturday morning for the first time ever. These are all tiny little pieces of the puzzle to put together for an easier outing at the first event on 3rd March, and even though they’re small, they represent some improvement nonetheless.

It would be remiss of me not to mention two people outside my family who are supporting me in this:

Jenny Carter is the one who pieces me back together when I’m falling to bits and my legs feel like lead. She is very kindly donating a portion of the cost of every treatment session I need to the charity page and I’m grateful for the healing hands and the extra fundraising opportunity.

John Clark (pictured) is helping plan my training load and, along with his coaching team at Fit3Sixty, is putting me through my paces each time I go into the gym to make sure I’m as prepared as I can be.


Some of you have expressed an interest in joining up with some of the runs and a couple of them have signed up – I’m looking forward to these ones the most! It really is easier to get by “with a little help from my friends”.
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