Ben did a marathon, it was my turn!! So along with my sister and best friends we signed up to do the New Forest Half Marathon in September 2022.
Well it didn't really go to plan, after my first three or four runs, I realised running was not for me and I was struggling leaving Jacob to train (he was only a couple of months old at this point). So I shamefully let the girls know that I couldn't keep up the commitment of training and would not be doing the half - of course they didn't mind.
However, we went to Spain for Elsie's second birthday and whilst I was sat there in the afternoon sun, with a glass of wine I may add, I turned to Ben and said - I'm going to run the half marathon!! There was no way I was dropping out again - so I text the girls!
And we did it... Along with the help of a few others, we ran the half marathon and they all ran at my pace, not once complaining!! We raised £2,680 for children's brain tumor research. We didn't think in a million years we would raise that amount of money, I almost didn't want to raise money and do it for myself and Elsie. But we did and are so proud to help such a great cause so close to all our hearts.
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