On your marks, get set, go!

Hello! 

Glad you've made it over to my blog to read all about my 'adventure' that training for a marathon is going to be. That's what my Dad would say it is, so that's how I'm going to treat it.
 

So why am I going to drag this 49 year old body around Brighton for 26.2 miles I hear you ask? 

Good question. I ask myself that all the time! If I'm honest, it seems to be the natural thing to do after running for about 18 years. It's also a huge challenge and one that will get harder as I get older. So I'm going to try and cross it off the bucket list as soon as I can.

How long's it going to take me?

I say I don't have a time in mind to finish it, but I'd break out the bubbly if I did it in under five hours.  Just to finish it is my real goal.

Why blog about it?
I'm doing this blog for a number of reasons:

1. for those who have kindly sponsored me to see how I'm getting on.  I want to  give them something back for the money they've put in.  They can see that I'm earning their donation to the Winston's Wish charity;
2. so I remember what it's like to train for a marathon - the highs, the lows, just in case I do decide to do it again (I'm told it's like childbirth - you forget the pain within a day or so and only remember the euphoria), and finally;
3. because it's going to be one of the biggest achievements in my life.

I'll blog once a week and keep my posts fairly short as I don't want to bore you so you don't come back! 

Tell me how mad I am!
I'd love to get your comments so comment away.  That way I'll know I'm not talking to myself which we all know is the first sign of madness. In saying that, I must be a bit loopy to be doing a marathon!

Wish me luck and thanks for joining me on my adventure.