just one more thing…
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Category: Change The World
Being Alone, Together
Yesterday I wrote about running alone and how parkrun might give people like the chance to ‘run alone together’ (as Leo said in his comment). John Orr took the thought and expanded it to church. I like when that happens. His question was ‘How can we create opportunities for people to join in without having Read More …
Everything you know is wrong
We all make assumptions. Often we don’t even know we are making them. We think that the world is a certain way and that things are as they are. We have been taught things. We have absorbed other things. Yesterday in class we watched a couple of TED talks from a few years ago. They Read More …
Done
I am, quite literally, done. I ran my half marathon today in a time of 2:08:37. To be honest, given the warmer than expected day (I have sunburn on my head!) and the random aches and pains, I’m quite happy with the time. I still think I have a sub-2:00 in me, but today was Read More …
One Week
So, the final training totals are 60 hours of training, 600km run and 48,400 calories burned. You have donated an amazing £1,132 to Christian Aid. Thank you. It’s one week until my half marathon run. A week is a long time. So much can happen in 7 days. For me these 7 days will be Read More …
100%
Last night I reached my fundraising target of £1,000 for Christian Aid. I’m absolutely amazed at the generosity of people and their support throughout my training. Thank you so much! It has meant so much on my training runs to know that you have all been supporting me. Today the race pack arrived for my Read More …
Almost There
In just 3 weeks I’ll hopefully be basking in the satisfaction of having completed the Great Scottish Run half marathon but it hasn’t been plain sailing. My training has been almost non-existent in the last three weeks. I hurt my back lifting a heavy T-shirt so didn’t run for a couple of weeks and then Read More …