marathonmummy

On Saturday night, ie 8 days until That Thing We Won’t Mention, I’m having a party to raise money for Heart Research UK.

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Does a whole pot of decaffeinated tea count as pre-run hydration? Hrmm.

The Garmin is charging, my PE kit (as we call it round here) is in the dryer, and I’ve had some malt loaf and a banana. It’s two hours until I run whilst no1 does ballet. Just a gentle run for 40 minutes, though. I’m seeing the physio again on Monday, so I’m fiddling about with my training programme for this week. Long run will be on Monday, on the treadmill, I think. Just as well I have loads of stuff on Sky+ to watch, because it’s going to be a long 3 hours of run 4, walk 1. I can hardly wait.

The good news is that we’ve now raised £555 for Heart Research UK and there’s still two months to go until the marathon! Thank you everyone who has donated, both online at Just Giving and offline. The date for the fundraising quiz night and disco will be announced soon, with some lovely prizes to be won.

Right, well, that’s it. I’ve had a cold, a cough, a sinus infection, and now the whole family has swine flu. That’s enough for one winter, thank you very much. My sister informed me yesterday that I this blog has too much illness in it…sympathy has always been a bit thin on the ground in our family! She does have a point, though. Since I said I planned to run a marathon the gods have been conspiring against me.

I’m not giving up that easily. I’m too tired to run right now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t think about running, or my ideas for raising money. We’re going to do a quiz night soon, with my friend Jane’s wonder-quizmaster husband as host. And, most excitingly, we’re doing an 80s/90s disco. I can’t wait – and dancing all night definitely counts as training, doesn’t it?

I’ve made my justgiving page…

www.justgiving.com/rachaelmoore

Ten months, £1500 to make for Heart Research. That’s £150 a month! Eek.