Please don’t sponsor me.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
This Sunday, I’m running the Ipswich Half Marathon (aside: we quoted them to do the website, they declined; that’s why it’s awful).
I’m a little bit scared.
Because thirteen miles is a bloody long way, isn’t it? Frankly, driving thirteen miles is a pain in the arse. So running thirteen miles is going to be an incredible pain in the arse, and the legs, and the arms, and the chest …
But there’s also a part of me that’s looking forward to it. I’ve never, ever attempted this kind of distance, so it’s going to be a massive personal challenge and – if I get round in under two hours without resorting to walking– a bloody massive achievement.
But what I’m doing is child’s play compared to Jen, my little sis.
On the same day, Jen will be running the Berlin Marathon. Last year she did New York, the year before that London.
Proper. Massive. Marathons.
Jen will be running for the Stroke Association, and for good reason. Strokes don’t just affect the elderly, the desperately unwell, and the unfit. They strike otherwise perfectly healthy people every day. And sometimes they kill.
Jen’s raised nearly half of her £500 target thus far. I’d really fucking appreciate it if you could bolster her fundraising with a few quid.
To donate, please visit http://www.justgiving.com/jenni-askew0/.
It’ll take you two minutes. Unlike me and my half marathon.
Thanks.
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