Can you believe it's been nearly two years since I regaled you with joy in the form of my gym blog? Me either.
Well that was the last time I did anything interesting and exercise related - and also charitable.
Since then a lot has changed. I have a new house. A new job. A new name. A new gym.
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So having been married for just over 6 months it probably won't be any surprise to you that I've put on nearly 2 stone. The weight itself doesn't bother me but the wobbliness of my thighs and the approach of the chafey summer months does.
To kick start good habits of gym going to to get my legs back to a tone they have grown accustomed to, I am going to do something charitable. Slightly mental, but charitable.
Sadly over the last 2 years, the big C is something that finally got its grimy clutches on my lovely family. We are out the other side now but it has highlighted to me how incredibly important cancer research is, and what a fantastic job Macmillan do to support victims and families of this terrible disease.
Macmillan are challenging people to Outrun themselves in May. You have to challenge yourself to run further than you've ever run before, throughout the course of May.
On average I run about 5km - (3.3 miles) a week, so I need to do better than that. A LOT better than that. So of course I checked the highest box and I will be aiming to run 80-100 miles throughout May. That's approximately 5km a DAY. As I write this it is suddenly dawning on me how ridiculous this sounds, but I am determined.
I want to raise at least £204 which is enough to sponsor one Macmillan nurse for one day - which should also highlight how much money the charity needs to keep going.
I will be logging every run (which will be a mix of outside runs and treadmill runs) on MapMyRun and keeping you up to date on this blog in as amusing way as I can muster.
Please show love and encouragement and a bit of cash... Wish me luck!
https://www.justgiving.com/emma-stow-outrun
http://www.out-run.org.uk/
