AND I HAVE A BLISTER THE SIZE OF A….

Original Post 12/05/2015

So one of the reasons this page started was because some of my family and I have said that we will run 10k to raise money for MIND in memory of our wonderful Dad, David Rose. 

I believe it was back in November when we first mentioned maybe running or something along those lines and here we are under month away from the 10k.

…3 weeks actually…

…which is great!…

…cool..

…fabulous…

…BRB-RELOCATING-TO-AN-UNDISCOVERED-PART-OF-THE-WORLD-WITH-NO-INTERNET-OR-MEANS-OF-COMMUNICATION.

Ok so the space right here >>>>>                           <<<<<<< is me holding my hands up and saying I am nowhere near where I wanted to be in my training at this point. Even with the best will in the world, things happen in life (in my case, an asthma diagnosis, relocation, sinusitis and the odd case of head-in-sand) and I know the others running with me have had their own stumbling blocks. 

So here we are. 3 weeks away.

Do I regularly run 10k? nope. Do I regularly run 5K? not quite

BUT I do run several times a week and I am ever closer to running 5k a few times a week, and they say if you can do that then the chances are you’ll make 10k and be able to tell the tale.

This Blog post, as you can see, is a little less ‘lets understand depression’ and a little more ‘Running progress’ (although I hope reading this may lead you to checking out the rest of the website)  

HOWEVER, throughout my training, particularly more recently when the runs have been harder and the event  has been creeping nearer,

The thing that has got me out of the door and heading to the park,

The thing that has made me wack on the plasters and brave the blisters,

The thing that has made me push through an extra few minutes, seconds, or steps,

Even when my chest feels like its exploding, and I have to take my inhaler,

Even when my legs feel like Jelly,

Even when I feel like 10K is a 100000 K and impossible

This 10k is still easier for me  than it is for someone somewhere to just get out of bed, to live, to feel like life is possible. This 10k is nothing compared to what my Dad went through on a daily basis.

I only have to do this building up to one race, and its completely a choice of my own. After the 31st it will all be over and I never have to run again unless I want to. 

I will complete this 10k, no matter how hard or impossible it feels to me, whether I run, walk or crawl, because someone somewhere will benefit from the money raised and the amazing work MIND do,

and maybe, just maybe we can help them on their ’10k’ journey.

You can find links to ‘Donate to Team Rose’ and ‘MIND’ on the website drop down menu. Thanks.