Running 26 marathons one for each letter of the alphabet is the challenge, in Memory of my brother Ian pictured above. Who died after a three year fight with a brain tumour which is why I am raising money for thebraintumourcharity.org the challenge has been tough with injuries and having children,twin boys born August 2015 it has become an even bigger challenge than I first envisaged. If you would like to Donate please Click on link below Thank you for visiting my blog.
Monday 31 January 2011
Sunday 30 January 2011
Jo and I completed 65 mile bike ride, actual distance 72 mile
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| At the finish 72 miles bike ride, we did extra 7 miles due to getting lost |
Saturday 29 January 2011
Training update
My next marathon is the Duchy in Cornwall on the 13th March. As part of the training I am cycling 65 miles tomorrow (30/01) my girlfriend Jo is coming along to.
My Plan
When my brother Ian died, aged 32 on 13th October 2006, due to a brain tumour, it was a hard time for all who knew Ian. His wife Angela, set up a fund in his memory with Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust SDBTT to help raise money and awareness for brain tumours. This got me thinking how I could help, to raise money for the fund, I decided to run a half marathon, it would be my first half marathon. In 2007 I ran my first marathon, by the end of 2011, I had run 9 marathons, each of the marathons began with a different letter, this got me thinking, why not try to do the alphabet in marathons?
I looked at marathons and worked out a time scale. Below is my alphabet in marathons. (some might change)
A- Amsterdam (completed), B- Berlin (completed), C- Clarendon Way (completed), D- Duchy 13th March 2011 (completed), E- Exmoor 16th April 2011(completed), F- Fairlands Valley, G- Gower Peninsula (completed), H- Halstead, I- Isle of White, J- Jersey, K- Kiel, L- London (completed), M- Mablethorpe 8th October 2011, N- Neolithic (completed), O- Oslo, P- Prague (completed), Q- Quebec City, R- Rome (completed), S- Shakespeare, T- Toronto (completed), U- Utah Valley, V- Vienna, W- White Peak, X- Xiamen Jan 2018, Y- Yorkshireman, Z- Zurich
Thinking of the time scale, for my first marathon I was 29 years old, so I thought about 10 years, making the last marathon just before my 40th. The Xiamen marathon in China is in January normally at the start around the 2nd, my birthday is the 9th. The plan is to do 2 marathons a year, one year I will have to do 3, then in January 2018 the Xiamen would complete my alphabet in marathons.
SDBTT, not only supports research into brain tumours, but also offer support to patients diagnosed with a brain tumour as well as their families and carers.
I looked at marathons and worked out a time scale. Below is my alphabet in marathons. (some might change)
A- Amsterdam (completed), B- Berlin (completed), C- Clarendon Way (completed), D- Duchy 13th March 2011 (completed), E- Exmoor 16th April 2011(completed), F- Fairlands Valley, G- Gower Peninsula (completed), H- Halstead, I- Isle of White, J- Jersey, K- Kiel, L- London (completed), M- Mablethorpe 8th October 2011, N- Neolithic (completed), O- Oslo, P- Prague (completed), Q- Quebec City, R- Rome (completed), S- Shakespeare, T- Toronto (completed), U- Utah Valley, V- Vienna, W- White Peak, X- Xiamen Jan 2018, Y- Yorkshireman, Z- Zurich
Thinking of the time scale, for my first marathon I was 29 years old, so I thought about 10 years, making the last marathon just before my 40th. The Xiamen marathon in China is in January normally at the start around the 2nd, my birthday is the 9th. The plan is to do 2 marathons a year, one year I will have to do 3, then in January 2018 the Xiamen would complete my alphabet in marathons.
SDBTT, not only supports research into brain tumours, but also offer support to patients diagnosed with a brain tumour as well as their families and carers.
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