After I pressed 'end workout' on my iPod nano today, Paula Radcliff's voice came on. As soon as I heard 'This is Paula Radcliff...' I started wondering what she would congratulate me for. My run had been rather slow (hill training) and only 45 min so could neither be my fastest km/mile or longest distance run. Turned out that since I got my Nike+ and iPod nano, and started my marathon training I've put a mere 500km (310.7 miles) behind me. That's almost the distance from my home town Lund to Stockholm. It's taken me nearly 44 hours to complete and has used almost 30.000 kcal at the same time. Impressive!
Now I want more. I know I'm a gadget freak but I absolutely love Nike+. It's such great motivation for keeping on going. Kind of makes you want to keep on going only to find out when the next congratulation will be. Also makes me want to log all my runs from now on until I can't run any more. Nerd, I know... but I wonder what the total distance will be?!
Showing posts with label support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label support. Show all posts
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Fundraising struggles & great boyfriend
Told Dion yesterday that I was starting to get really worried about my fundraising and that I might have to donate a large part of it myself. Hate asking people for money, even if it’s for a good cause. Feel like I’ve been sending out so many emails/invitations etc that people must get really sick of me. At the same time I’m putting in a lot of hard work and yes I’m doing it partly because it’s a dream of mine to run the marathon, but a big part of why I’m doing it is also so to help HEART UK keep on doing a great job and save lives. I chose the charity because of what happened to Dion’s dad and I know there are a lot of people that can relate to having lost someone close to them due to heart disease/heart attack.
Got a long email from Dion today about how he’s been thinking of how we together could raise some money and it really touched me that he’s been spending time thinking about it. Then he pointed me to his facebook profile which made me just as happy.
I’m the first to admit that it’s hard doing this on my own. All the training makes me more tired (and emotional) than usual and worrying about not being able to raise enough… spins in my head. So thanks Dion for being so considerate and supportive and thanks to everyone who have already sponsored me and to those of you who will. It means the world to me and to the people that money will go to.
Got a long email from Dion today about how he’s been thinking of how we together could raise some money and it really touched me that he’s been spending time thinking about it. Then he pointed me to his facebook profile which made me just as happy.
I’m the first to admit that it’s hard doing this on my own. All the training makes me more tired (and emotional) than usual and worrying about not being able to raise enough… spins in my head. So thanks Dion for being so considerate and supportive and thanks to everyone who have already sponsored me and to those of you who will. It means the world to me and to the people that money will go to.
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