Thursday, February 16, 2006
Half a Marathon and some thanks
2 things today.
1) I have entered a half marathon in Blackpool on June 4th 2006. This gives me 16 weeks or so to train up to it. I did start running a week ago, and decided I needed a goal. Now I have one - run the full 13 miles in less that 2 and a half hours. Oh, and maybe lose some weight before then ;-).
2) Thanks to twice the man again - he was kind enough to feature me on his excellent blog once more. He provides daily updates of his progress in losing half his bodyweight mixed in with highlighting blogs and websites of other sucessful weight loss attempts around the interweb. Sorry its taken so long to mention it.
Posted by Mark at 2:53 pm
1 Comments:
Great goal with the Blackpool half marathon! I set a similar goal for myself when I wanted to get fit a while back and it really worked!
I heartily recommend two things:
1) do it for charity! aside from the good this will do for whichever charity you chose - it will really motivate you to keep training and will give you no option but to succeed. Imagine dropping out and giving up once you had raised all that cash for charity!
2) read 'Slow Burn' by Stu Mittleman - it is a bible for amateur runners and taught me so so much. I honestly dont think I would have been able to do it without the knowledge this book gave me!
Good luck!
Ross