I'd better get my running shoes on...

Last night I received a long-awaited email informing me that I have secured a place in the Great North Run!! The half-marathon (13.1 miles, gulp) will take place Sunday 16th September in Gateshead. My boyfriend secured a place about a month ago and although I was delighted he had got in, I was very upset I had been rejected from the first draw...but I have secured my place in the general ballot. YAY!

The Great North Run is the biggest half-marathon in the world and has more participants than the London Marathon!


Although I'm some-what acquainted with long distances now, having ran the Berlin Marathon in September, I still need to get my trainers on, devise an excellent training schedule and a fool-proof eating plan.


I am determined to do well in this race, I would quite like to finish in 2 hours 30 minutes, which is a feasible goal. If I train hard enough, I think I could maybe knock about 10 minutes or so off this target. Sean will probably finish in about 1 hour and 15-30 minutes as he is ridiculously fast.


I'm unsure whether to re-open our sponsorship page as we struggled to get sponsorship for the marathon...people just don't want to give to charity and don't seem to care about saving hearts any more :(  (we were raising money for the British Heart Foundation in memory of my Grandad). But I will have a think and will let you all know.


But for now, I'm going to be going to the gym and going for some runs...