I’ve been genuinely taken aback by the generosity of everybody who has sponsored me for my forthcoming half-marathon run, in aid of The Prostate Cancer Charity. It’s really quite something to receive so many notes of encouragement from so many people. A heart-felt ‘Thank You!’ to everybody so far!
My initial target had been £500. That, I figured, was quite a useful sum to aim for. But I seem to have wizzed past that in no time, and I’ve not even started following up on verbal assurances of support yet! So after some careful consideration, I thought I should revise it up a bit more and set it to an even higher target of £1,500, given I’m quite close to £1,000 already.
I’ve also a shiny new Facebook application for anybody who uses that, which is quite neat. It’s only just been released onto Facebook, so bleeding edge stuff! Alternatively, see the brand new widget in the sidebar, or just click to visit justgiving.com 
The training is going really well. I’ve run the half-marathon distance now, and on Tuesday this week went for a lunch-time run in Hyde Park with a friend who works at one of my clients. That was actually the first time I’ve ever run with somebody, and we chatted all the way. Not sure of my exact time or distance (not helped by Garmin-sluggishness to locate satellites at the start), but we ran safely in my usual pace zone of 5-6 minutes/km and it was approximately 10km.
Depending how I feel this Sunday, I’m hoping to do another long half-marathon distance training run, as the race is now only just over a month away, so my training plan shows that I really need to be getting the mileage under my belt!
