Thanks to Penny, I reached my target if £100! Also, thanks to Sophie, I've surpassed my goal! Added to the £10 entrance fee I paid and the Neurocare T shirt I bought, we've helped to raise £130, with more due to come from the guys at work!
Now, who to sponsor for the Great Yorkshire Run?
So, I finished it! In the end, it was easier than I thought, and I was actually disappointed with my time of 33 minutes and 29 seconds (my own timing was slightly quicker, probably because it was over 30 seconds after the official start before I crossed the start line)
In any case, I feel as though I ran well for myself, for Loren, for Ben and most of all of course, for Paul. I'm proud of myself forgoing from no exercise to running 5K in less than a fortnight, and I know that they will be/would have been proud of me too. I just wish I'd gone sub 30-minutes. Next time my friends, next time...
Oh, and just to remind you all. You can still give me some money (or rather, give Neurocare some money) at my Justgiving Page. I've got £85 towards my £100 target. Of course, I paid £10 to enter and £10 for a shirt, but I don't want to include that. Can anyone make up the final £15?
Yes, I signed up to the gym. This has done nothing other than prove just how unfit I've become. I did manage to run 2km, so I'm not too upset at that, but it does leave me wondering whether a 5km run a week today is just a little too soon. No to worry, it's all for a good cause, so if I have to walk the whole distance, I have to walk - it's all for a good cause! You can still support me - to head to my Just Giving page.
So, following time spent just running on the spot of the Wii Fit, I'm finally biting the bullet and going out to run. This will include the wonderful Parkrun, which runs 5k runs all over the country every Saturday at 9am (and best of all, is free). This ought to give me a good idea of my baseline fitness.
OK, so this was originally my blog for Lent 2011 when I decided to stop drinking in order to raise money for Sheffield Alcohol Support Service. Well, as I've recently gone on a fitness bender (last week at the parents ignored for a few moments) I've decided to go the whole hog a train to actually do something useful! Oh yes people, I present Lewis' new running blog!
Had a decent end to sobriety today. Pool at the Common Room, watched Leicester's tight defeat at Forest, and then sat in the Old Monk watching snooker on the big screen in Tudor Square. Addam's of course, refused to take any money, so the Tenner I owe him is being put to SASS in his name - cheers Adds!
