Fitness Diaries #3

Just a quick update...

I have finally signed up for my first race, and not just any race, but the Race for Life! I'll be running to raise money for Cancer research, an integral charity that brings us breakthroughs in cancer care and treatment. How exciting, but also nerve wracking and scary!

My Race for Life Story:

I'm joining Cancer Research UK's Race for Life this year. On the 12th of July I will be running for my Grandma, who recently sadly passed away of Cancer. She was the most loving and caring woman and was took from us by this horrible disease. Like many families who are, and have been effected by cancer, we were all left heart broken. This opportunity will allow me to play my part in raising money needed for research. My target is £150, reaching this goal, or even exceeding it will help the fight against Cancer. 

My grandma was sadly taken from us because of what horrible and devastating disease Cancer is, so I'm hoping raising money and awareness for the illness will make her proud, and I hope to god she will be watching over me and give me all the good luck in the world with my training and the event itself! 

I have set a target of raising £150 for Cancer research, ambitious I know, but I'm hoping friends, family, and of course the blogging world will give me anything they can to reach my goal! Even the smallest of donations would be great! 

Donations can be made through my Just Giving page which you can find by clicking here. or by texting CBFX59 and £5 to 70070.

Another goal of mine is to run the 5K race under 25 minutes, considering I haven't been running long, this is also an ambitious goal. However I'm hoping that plenty of practice and training will allow me to achieve this aim. At the moment I have been trying to run as far as I can before stopping for a rest or needing to walk, at the moment it is about 2 miles before I my legs begin to wobble and my breathing becomes to heavy to manage. So a lot more training is needed before I will be able to run the full 3 miles properly.

I would love to hear from others running charity events, or those who have ran for charities in the past!

Thank you, El x