Sharon Rowe

Oh my goodness, what have I done….?

September 7th, 2006

I have only gone and posted my London Marathon entry form.  For April 2007.  Eeekk!  David already posted his a few weeks ago, he was sure he wanted to apply, I have taken some serious time to really think about it.  I know that we have a very small chance of being accepted but we have also potentially lined up a guaranteed place through a charity, which we will use if we don’t get in through the general ballot.

When I decided to do the marathon, I had 32 weeks in which to train.  32 weeks to go from not really being able to run a step to getting around a 26.2 mile long course.  Tonight I go for my first run in week 5 of the program, which is pretty good I think.  It is a “run 9 minutes, walk 1 minute - repeat three times” night.  I think I am doing pretty well, all things considered.  I now go about 4kms in about 30 minutes, which by my reckoning means I will get around the marathon in about 6 hours.  David will no doubt complete it in about 3 and a half hours and have an awfully long wait for me at the finish line (assuming I cross it!!) ;)

For many years I have watched the London Marathon on tv and dreamt of running/walking it.  Now I am finally trying to turn that dream into reality.  It is scary and brings tears to my eyes thinking about it.  I cannot tell you how it makes me feel to think of crossing that line.  I only hope I can do it.  Lots of dreams have come true for me in the past few years, so why not this one too?

Naturally, as the time draws closer and we find out if we have been accepted, we will be chasing you to sponsor us.  No amount too small and all appreciated…I am already on a promise of £100 each from two friends, whch is fabulous! 

So, off to don my runners and run along the Thames towpath.  Fingers crossed for us that we are both accepted.  If we aren’t, then another marathon will surely be there for us to run (especially after all the training we will already have put in, as we don’t find out until December if we are accepted) but London would be special.

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