25
Feb
PETA’s Claire To Run The Marathon
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Welcome to the first entry of our new guest blogger Claire, who will be running the marathon in April for PETA. For one entry each week she will be taking over my blog (the cheek!) and telling you all about her progress as she battles her way through the miles to reach her goal. Claire hopes to raise £5,000 for PETA and every penny will help the millions of animals abused across the world – so dig deep and read on…
“Hello! My name is Claire and I’ve been working at PETA for almost a year. When the chance to do the marathon came up I decided to go for it as:
a) I took up running a year and a half ago and a marathon was my ultimate goal
b) I really wanted to do a marathon before I hit 30 (a few months away!), and
c) it’s an amazing opportunity to raise money for all the animals who need our help.Little did I realise the emotional ups and downs that training would have on me! I now have 6 weeks left of training. The first month was hard going (even though I was running distances I was used to, sticking to a rigorous training schedule was difficult to an inherently lazy person such as myself, my head would often shout “I just want to watch Hollyoaks!”). The preceding weeks I LOVED especially my long runs on a Sunday, having begun to master my mind and get into a zone – as you can tell I have been reading a lot self help books on getting through your first marathon - but then disaster struck.
I was out with an injury for 2 weeks. So I bought some new shoes and started running again last week. The guy in the running store told me I really should have shoes that are a size and a half too big to allow for swelling and to ensure my toenails don’t fall off (Alexia – eww, gross). I do feel like I am running in clown shoes but my toenails are fine, thank goodness. Over the next few weeks I will be running a lot of miles, often between 18-20 miles per session. I now have to ensure I am eating right - more on this soon…”
Please support Claire by donating at Bmycharity.com
