Back at it.... my first half marathon for 2013 training

Okay so last years training resulting in me fracturing my ankle.... hoping for much more success this year!

After seeing a consultant and having 5 months with no training August saw me donning my kit again and hitting the road running!  There was me thinking I would be back real quick but alas it took a good month of hard work before I felt I got my pace back.

Me sporting a rather fetching 'Beckham boot'.   That's how they sold it too me anyway!
I'm doing things a little differently from last time.  Previously I solely ran and I did this all on my own...... this time I would like it to be different, I am currently training with a friend and also attending spinning and using the pool for an hour on 'ladies night' plus road cycling and obviously running - I am doing this to gain greater fitness, improve my speed and cut down the risk of another injury.

I have also set mini challenges throughout my training to 'spice' things up a bit! So along with Lucy Peacock and my Brother Richard we enrolled in the Run to the beat half marathon at the O2.  I was a bit nervous as had only managed 10 miles in the run up.  I wanted to beat my 2009 half marathon time of 2h 32 and managed to finish this one in 2h 33! bah!! Still I have booked myself in for another half marathon this weekend so will give it another bash at finishing in under 2h 30..... off to Stratford this time

So my fundraising page is still open and I managed the technical crossover of money from 2012 to 2013 with the help of the lovely people at Virgin so your messages are still up plus your great donations! Thank you for all my sponsors last year, but if you feel like you would like to sponsor again please feel free!