Being cheeky...

[ids]

For various complicated reasons, I have ended up in the bonkers situation that I am going to run a half-marathon, the BUPA Great North Run, on behalf of Leukaemia Research. I realise that this is cheeky, but if anyone would like to support them by sponsoring me it would be a good deed, and much appreciated

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[gfrancie]

woah.
It seems everyone around me is doing this sort of thing.
I am sitting on the sofa eating toast. I should get people to sponsor me to see how long I can do this. All money would go to the toast council or something.

[ids]

I'm not sure the work of the Toast Council is sufficiently aligned with my values to make me want to donate money to it - what about something else?

How much toast would you eat? :)

[gfrancie]

The Toast council promotes active eating of jam and butter and I would eat enough toast to produce a spectacular event.

[ids]

Scary, and yet strangely true. Except that I'm turning 40 next year - a fact that alarms me somewhat. Are there things I'm meant to have done by now?

Seeing who it was from made me smile, and the content made me giggle - thanks for both :)

[triman]

So did you do the Great North Run??

Yes, in 2h 45m 45s

[ids]

It wasn't a triumph of athleticism, but then neither am I - certainly the hardest physical thing I've ever done in my life. I did the Welwyn 10 mile race in 1h 59m 56s a month before, and a 10k and a 5k in the months before that.

Still very proud of it. I wish I'd kept up with the running, but other things drove it out of my schedule.

Re: Yes, in 2h 45m 45s

[triman]

Hey, thats not so bad for a first attempt. My next big race is the IBM Uptown Classic, a 10k on Oct. 21 that starts in the main IBM Campus here in Austin. After yesterdays blow-up I'll be trying for sub 1-hour... doubt I'll make though :-)

Re: Yes, in 2h 45m 45s

[ids]

So how did it go?