OK - just thought I'd plug myself a little here. To assist my 'fight against the flab', and getting older, I decided to take on a challenge of a) losing a significant amount of weight and b) to achieve a run for the first time.
I wasn't the most active of people, like my weekends out, but decided I needed to make a change and registered for the Great Yorkshire run in September in Sheffield. Its a 10k run - and I've never ran in my life. I've not played football properly for about 15 years - so this is gonna be gruelling. To make me do it, I decided to do it for charity and chose 2:
The British Heart foundation - my mum has heart disease so this is for her.
Sheffield Childrens hospital - a dear friend lost their unborn child to a brittle bone disease last year and I asked him who he wanted me to do it for in her honour. And him and his mrs chose this. This is a major incentive.
Anyway, I'm now appraoching 3 months in my training programme, visit the gym 3-4 times a week, and have even been out running. My goal is to raise £500 per charity and hopefully I'll get there although I've not publicised it much yet. In the 3 months I've been at this, I've lost over a stone and a half (still want to lose another 2), and its been difficult but also enjoyable.
So, a bit of a plug here and hope this is OK, but if anyone would like to 'sponsor' by a justgiving donation, I'd be eternally grateful. I hope this is OK putting it in here - it was just the 'on the way to 10k' thread title that got me thinking! Anyway, my links are:
British Heart Foundation
Sheffield Children's hospital
I appreciate this won't apply to everyone on here but I'm just keen to get visibility. I have got a blog running on my progress although I've not updated it much recently - and need to make it a little more interesting to be honest!
As I say, hope this is OK.
Paul
I wasn't the most active of people, like my weekends out, but decided I needed to make a change and registered for the Great Yorkshire run in September in Sheffield. Its a 10k run - and I've never ran in my life. I've not played football properly for about 15 years - so this is gonna be gruelling. To make me do it, I decided to do it for charity and chose 2:
The British Heart foundation - my mum has heart disease so this is for her.
Sheffield Childrens hospital - a dear friend lost their unborn child to a brittle bone disease last year and I asked him who he wanted me to do it for in her honour. And him and his mrs chose this. This is a major incentive.
Anyway, I'm now appraoching 3 months in my training programme, visit the gym 3-4 times a week, and have even been out running. My goal is to raise £500 per charity and hopefully I'll get there although I've not publicised it much yet. In the 3 months I've been at this, I've lost over a stone and a half (still want to lose another 2), and its been difficult but also enjoyable.
So, a bit of a plug here and hope this is OK, but if anyone would like to 'sponsor' by a justgiving donation, I'd be eternally grateful. I hope this is OK putting it in here - it was just the 'on the way to 10k' thread title that got me thinking! Anyway, my links are:
British Heart Foundation
Sheffield Children's hospital
I appreciate this won't apply to everyone on here but I'm just keen to get visibility. I have got a blog running on my progress although I've not updated it much recently - and need to make it a little more interesting to be honest!
As I say, hope this is OK.
Paul
oke: 
I'll try to avoid cycling round Sheffield :?
