Fundraising and training news 14th May 2006 Great way to celebrate my 48th birthday! After a quiet week recovering from the delights of the Knaresborough 10k I managed to knock 6 minutes off my time there and do the Beverley course in just under 55 minutes (though as you can see from the photo, by the end I was beginning to glow a bit!) Mercifully this was a course that I knew, so unlike Knaresborough I wasn't thinking "How much longer is there to go now?" - aided by the fact that they had markers out every mile. Also no sneaky muddy or cobblestoned hills...
		10th May 2006 Well the GNR sponsorship for October is now over £350, and the Humber Bridge money for June is starting to come in. I ran my first competitive race on Sunday, a 10k race at Knaresborough which I hoped to complete in under an hour - unfortunately I was 66 seconds over time! Just to prove I did it, here's me disappearing into the finish! 1st May 2006 I've added a sponsorship site for the Humber Bridge half marathon here, in aid of LUPUS UK. Hopefully this will help me prepare for the real thing in October! 14th April 2006 The site at Justgiving has now raised over £220 in a few days—I’ll have to raise the target from £300 or people will think I don’t want any more money! Had my first gym session yesterday, feeling the effects of it today in the ankle I broke orienteering three years ago. Still, it’s worth it even on selfish grounds: I’ve been training for 2 weeks now, lost 2kg in weight and 2cm off my waist. At this rate I’ll disappear entirely from view in about 40 weeks! 12th April 2006 I set the fundraising site up two days ago and amazing generosity from my first tranche of emails to family and friends brought £150 in a few hours.  Training is going well—I’m running 13 miles a week now, just about to do a 5-miler. I’m starting easily as I don’t want to overdo it—I did have a hard run on Sunday and did a measured 3 miles in under 27mins, which was great. The dog thinks he’s in heaven, as he gets to run the kind of distances he thinks are worthwhile, never mind a 20 minute amble on Hessle Foreshore...