Hello folks! I'm still here, plodding along. Well, plodding quite fast compared to a month ago. The walking is progressing, I've managed to shave off 2 minutes my walk to work in the mornings so I must be getting a bit faster!
But, please remember that I need your help for this Race for Life event, so please go here to sponsor me now:
www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/LauraEllen
It's safe and totally secure - the money will go STRAIGHT to Cancer Research UK without any faffing around. You can also Gift Aid your donation if you are a UK taxpayer, which means that the charity will be able to reclaim basic tax rates on your donation. Even just a couple of pounds will help along the way, and you don't have
to do it online either. Come and talk to me and we'll get it sorted.
I know lots of people that spend £2+ a week on the National Lottery. Well, statistics say you're more likely to get run over by a bus than you are to win the Lottery. So next time, think about your chances of winning (which are slim!), and consider putting the money towards sponsoring me and helping to kick cancer's butt.
With this in mind, you might remember that if I reached my target of £200 before the end of June, I said I'd run the event. Well, even though I haven't got to that amount yet, I recently got a very good motivator to do the best I can for this 5K. So, I decided that I would run the event, even if I haven't got to the £200 target.
So, at a loss for how to start and a vague, hazy memory of a starter podcast, I downloaded the NHS Couch to 5K program on iTunes. It's free to download, and gently guides you through achievable goals for nine weeks to get you from couch potato to runner! Today marked my FIRST proper run of my own free will since I was at school; and I did actually enjoy it to a point. Not so much halfway through when I wanted to give up, but I did not give in. The feeling of total satisfaction and happiness when I finally made it back through my front door was so worth it. I'm actually looking forward to the next session on Friday.....OOFT.......runner alert! It helps that the park near to my flat is fairly quiet and green so it makes me feel much better than plodding along the main road. I'm all kitted out with trainers and music player so I haven't got any excuses - no more wasting time and fannying around!
So, just to encourage you lot who say 'Oh, I'll just do it later', cancer doesn't wait until later. It happens, and BAM it's found and it's there. Someone out there right now is battling it. It might be your best friend. It might be your neighbour. It is certainly bound to be someone you don't know. So please sponsor me now. Once it's done, it's done and you can rest easy knowing your hard-earned money will be going to a place where it is put to good use.
The choice is yours, fritter away £2 on the National Lottery, or donate it to Cancer Research UK. I know which one I'd choose.....
www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/LauraEllen
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