When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

The words “rocky ride” (see “about me”) have haunted me time and time again over the past few weeks, unfortunately, before Christmas I fell ill and all my plans had to be put on hold as I slowly recovered, so, now, with only 12 weeks left to go before the big day, I am having to cram everything in…the training, the fundraising and being a mum! I will admit I have spent hours working out if I would be better off deferring until next year, but, after weighing it all up, I am going to take the bull by the horns, get my head down and get on with it. At the end of the day, the fundraising won’t stop the minute I get over that finish line, if I don’t manage to raise my target, well, the world will still be turning, so, I am going to do what I can!

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step

You know when you wake up in the middle of the night with that sick feeling deep in the pit of your stomach; it’s usually when you remember something really, really important that you should have done, but haven’t ...And no! It’s not the fact that I haven’t even started the Christmas shopping, or organized the turkey...it’s the fact that in 4 months and 20 days I have a marathon to run, and I have done nothing about it, nothing at all! Oh don’t get me wrong, I have had the lovely Andy (will explain about him later) nagging me, and I know I should have started the fundraising and training by now, but, I admit, I am fantastic at finding other things to do instead...

So, I have set up this new blog (here's the old one) and told myself to get a grip...only to remember my gym closes today for a month for refurbishment! I don’t think the 900 metre run up and down MK shopping centre and the 163 yard dash round Toys R Us are going to work...I am going to have to come up with a serious plan. Great timing! Its cold, it’s dark and I have Christmas to organize. Ok so the fundraising will have to wait, but for now, I have to get back in shape. It’s all very well completing the marathon, but then spending the next seven months celebrating the fact that I have the medal does nothing for the hips!!

Now, if you would excuse me please, I am off to create some sort of get fit quick plan......