Good morning from a very cold desk in the middle of Bristol. As I type this, snow is coming down outside and as ever my first thought is, ahhh, will I make it to the gym tonight!! Sad I know...
Anyway, I have created this blog as a way to update donaters, friends and randoms on my progress for April's Brighton Marathon. I have been spurred on to create this blog by the already very generous people of Facebook who have donated to my Cancer Research page http://www.runningsponsorme.org/emilycross3
My training for the marathon is coming along steadily, it is becoming all I think about and all I talk about (much to the pain of friends and family). I ran a very cold 10.2 miles on Saturday in 1hour 33, which I was pretty pleased with. Come April, I will be aiming to complete the 26.2 miles in under 4 hours 30 minutes...as hard as I try to go faster, my 5 foot 3 frame and little legs just haven't got it in them, but I'm determined as ever to prove them wrong and who knows what might be accomplished by April 15th.
My aim now is to work out a way to raise money in the office, my first thoughts have amounted to: bake cakes...I would appreciate any creative minds out there to suggest different ways that I can raise money without making people fat (doesn't really fit into the whole, I'm running a marathon, please buy my cakes thing.) Suggestions welcome via Facebook or Twitter (@emilyshopping) but please note, only clean suggestions welcome!
I'll keep this blog updated as often as I can, hopefully it will make more people donate AND motivate others out there to start running...
