David better Love Running by May!
Strange as it may sound, I’ve signed up for and started training for the Bristol 10km road race in May. Luckily I’ve signed up with a group from a local church called Love Running. They’ve got a 10 week beginners training plan that should get me there in one piece. Have a look at the plan and you’ll see what I’m up against.
We’re all raising money for some international and local causes. One of the local causes is The Crisis Centre – an organisation that works with people from a street background and with life controlling addictions. For a while I was a trustee of the Crisis Centre – so I’ve got a great fondness for them and respect and appreciation of the work that they do. I’m really pleased to be able to support them.
Having said that, I think I’ve got a pretty big job ahead of me. Being tall, I’m not naturally built for long distance running. I’ve not done any structured exercise in many years my BMI puts me in the overweight category. So my running target will be to complete the race without dying! You can keep track of my training progress at RunKeeper. I’m hoping the Training Plan for beginner runners that Love Running have published will see me through! I tapped it in to my calendar – Training Plan for Beginner Runners (.ics – iCal format) for beginner runners for anyone that finds it helpful.
My sponsorship target is going to be £500. Together we’re hoping to raise over £100,000!
I’d really appreciate it if you would consider sponsoring me. You can head on over to JustGiving when you’re ready – Thank you, Thank you!
Link List
- My JustGiving Page will enable you to sponsor me and help the Chancelor to do his bit!
- Have a look at my RunKeeper page to follow my training progress.
- Updates on how I’m doing available from My Blog
- Love Running will give you more info about the group I’m running with.
The Causes
- World Vision working in Zimbabwe
- Stop the Traffik working against the modern slave trade
- The Crisis Centre working with people in Bristol who have life controlling addictions
- St Peter’s Hopsice working with patients and families approaching the end of life
- and The Noise working to show God’s love in practical ways to North bristol
All this effort training is for the Bristol 10K race on May 9th. All this effort is to raise a part of £100,000 to see Love Running to the these causes.
Filed under: General on March 3rd, 2010
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