Amy Score
I have decided to take on the 26.2 mile Marathon in Florence Italy with work colleagues, with just 15 weeks left to train for it….. Crazy!!!
Not sure how I’m going to achieve this? I have never ever exercised in my life, it’s my biggest challenge yet…..
So I’ve been pounding the streets of Islington at 6am every other morning looking like a mad woman with my hair pulled up in a messy bun on top of my head, I have been going to the gym on the other mornings having a hard and sweaty workout then heading off to work all before 9am – How does it feel?, it is pure agony, painful, my body aches and let’s not forget the torture!!
The pure torture of lying in bed on a Sunday morning in a lovely deep sleep with the sun beaming on my face when suddenly I am very loudly awakened by that dreaded sound… BEEP BEEP It’s my alarm (damn that alarm!) it’s time to roll out of my big comfy bed, roll into my running gear and hit the sleeping streets of Islington.
I signed up for this marathon thinking “It’ll be fine it won’t be that hard” how wrong was I.
I don’t think I realised exactly how long 26.2 miles was in fact I know I didn’t, I didn’t even know how long a mile was up until now, which has been a blessing in disguise because if I’d known how far I’d have to run I probably would never have signed up to do this but now that I have and I’m doing all this training regardless of all my moaning I couldn’t be happier I love the fact that I am doing all this hard work to help raise money for the beautiful children within the NSPCC, just knowing this makes me push myself harder each time I train.
As cheesy as this may sound we really need to unite together to help these children. These neglected most vulnerable children are in need of our help they don’t deserve the life they have been dealt!
So this is why I’m shouting from the pit of my stomach to all who read this to dig deep and help me and my marathon gang raise as much money as we possibly can.
Wish me luck and thanks for taking time to read this.