It really happened! A month ago today I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London with my friend Jo & cousin Mo for the Stroke Association. None of us were runners before April but we had a lot of motivation and incredible people to be running for, and nothing was going to stop us! It was a beautiful day, lots of sunshine and tonnes of people cheering us on (felt the the real Marathon!) and as we ran past Big Ben I couldn't really believe it was finally happening... (About 8 miles later I was all too aware it was really happening!).
It's one of the nicest routes; we went through Hype Park, St James', past Buck Palace and along the Embankment. Lots of amazing sites around, but the runners were the real sight. It was so moving meeting people running for the same charities, or in memory of particular people, and on the final stretch me & Jo definitely got a little teary seeing all our friends and family cheering us on.
To date I've raised over £900 which is amazing (here's my page & my fab messages!), and the support from friends and family throughout training was the only thing keeping me going at points. But if there's one thing I learnt it's that ANYONE can do it. Put your mind to something, whether it's a physical/mental/personal challenge, create a "training" plan, or a path to achieve it, and you really can do it.
(Top- Mo & I, bottom Jo & I)
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