Well I reached my target of £2,000 yesterday after my email out and my mum bullying her old ladies at lunch club to sponsor me! Of course this meant that I immediately had to increase my target to £2,500 because there is still 6 weeks to go and I have to look like I am doing something!
Downside - the 80's night I am organising was going from bad to worse with people who I thought were not only coming but selling tickets to all their friends telling me they could no longer make it. I have sent out numerous begging emails and approached people face to face but every knock back just feels like a personal "I can't be bothered because I don't like you enough to make the effort". Its probably an unfair feeling because the marathon and the fundraising has become such an important part of my life - other people are not going to place the same importance on it.
So after more bad news on the ticket front I went to bed depressed made worse when my husband suggested that I should cancel it rather than face a church hall with 10 people in it! Thanks love - anymore supportive advice?
But this morning I got another email from a friend who is coming and bringing all her mates so the night is back on and I just need to sit down and work out who is actually coming and then get on with it!
I will never fundraise again!
I opened my emails today to find that I had been sponsored £52 by a fellow runner Krissy who is wonderful but who I have only met the once - admittedly we did get very drunk! I was so chuffed and emailed my marathon buddy Mandy to tell her about it and that I was only £17 short of reaching £1600 (the amount I guarenteed to raise for my charity)
Mandy then went to my justgiving site and sponsored me the other £17 to take me over my target by 1p! I love her!
Then one of my neighbours put an envelope with £10 in through my door for sponsorship as well. So a wonderful start to the day.
I have just sent out another begging email to various friends and family as it is pay day for most folks today or tomorrow. Nothing has boinged up yet but am hopeful that people will take pity on me and get me to £2000 before too much longer.
I also have a cake sale at school on the 13th March and an 80's disco on 15th March so pretty optomistic that £2k is reachable (is that even a word?)
Well I managed my first ever 18 mile run this week. I wish I could say it was a breeze but I found it quite hard and was very tired for the last 3 miles. Because I was achey and quite frankly a bit bored by this point I speeded up and ended up running the last few miles at a far faster pace than the first 15.
A beautiful run though in Windsor Great Park and I tried some new paths that I had never been on before - pity they were mainly hilly but I suppose it is good exercise.
Before I left my mum told me not to do too much - I did point out that as I was going out to run 18 miles it was a pointless thing to say - how much is too much?
I am fairly confident about the marathon just worried that I will go out too fast and not have anything left in the tank for the last few miles. I mean after the 18 miler did I have enough left to run another 8 miles? Not sure I did. Still I have another 7 weeks to train to make sure that I can.
7 weeks today - a rest week this week of 3 x 6 miles and then the following week we go up to 20 miles - my longest run ever - again!
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