Stats for the week (23rd March)

ONE - A good week! Though I may have pushed it a little hard, the bruised knee is playing up again, so this week is set to look pitiful in comparison.
TWO - The words of training wisdom belong to Rich. He was being completely serious at the time.
THREE - Sunsets like this one make the lack of warmth almost worth it.
FOUR - A million thanks to Claire-Lizzie and Jeff for the sponsorship! YEAH!

90 days to go

Spring has finally arrived! (Let's assume that the snow forecast for Tuesday is an April Fools prank).

This means more running in the daylight from now on. By the time the race rolls round (90 days to go!) there will be almost no night in Stockholm at all, so it's happily inevitable.

I also finally got my hands on a guidebook for Kenya, which I can hardly sit still whilst reading for excitement. It mentions the marathon. Specifically, it says "Thanks to experienced rangers, helicopters and spotter planes, your only worry should be the heat and the 1700m average elevation." Excellent.

I also enjoyed the arrangement of books in the 'Africa' section in the bookshop. Top marks for alphabetising. Geography might need a check though.

Stats for the week (9th March)

Miles run - 14.5 miles

Sponsorship raised - £77.50!
Yippee! EM, Rich and Julia, you are the best. And I will make you all cakes.

Chumpish moments - deciding to cycle to work despite the 6cm of overnight snowfall, and falling off right in front of a bus. Now I have a black and blue knee and a somewhat altered training plan for the week. But at least the entire bus load of people got to see me sprawl around in the slush for a bit, and then pack my lunch back into my bike basket. Oh no, wait...

Here we go...

OK, so this is a bit mad. But we're going to run a marathon. Or at least we are going to have a damn good stab at it.

The thing is, this marathon is, and I quote directly from the website, "regarded as one of the toughest marathons in the world". What the hecking heck? It's also in Kenya, at 0.2000° N, so basically on the equator. And how are we training for it? In Stockholm. In the winter.

Why start easy though? Best of all, it's for an excellent charity called Tusk.  I will write more about Tusk another day, but you can check them out here. Or find out more about the marathon here.

If you think conservation, community development and environmental education are good things then you should sponsor me at this here link:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LauraComley 

I promise that all of this money is going straight to Tusk.

Bring it on! (eeeeeeeeek)
x

I even bought some running clothing. The brand call it 'vivid coral', but I prefer to call it 'obnoxious orange'. You can see me at 1000 paces, which is good in the land of constant gloom.

When we signed the disclaimer to say we were training in appropriate conditions we think this is what they meant.