The countdown is on...............

Yesterday, it arrived at last my information pack for the Brighton Marathon. Very exciting I am in the green wave and my number is 6369. Not that I think you have a hope of seeing me amongst the thousands of other runners, but you can try ;D The pack contained the usual stuff but also a rather large plastic bag. I am puzzled as to why they've sent us this. I mean, what are we supposed to do with it? Also we get a goodie bag on completing the run. Oh well, no doubt it will come in handy. My left knee is aching abit today but I'll be alright. I'm thinking positive as usual and well, 26 miles isn't that much is it? I also have a brightly coloured starfish hat for Joe. It matches my own and she can look silly right along side me. Take care people and remember to spread the word and also visit my website if you wish to sponsor me. xxx

One month to go...

Ah 10th March, this means it is exactly 1 month until I run in the Brighton marathon to raise much need funds for The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. It is also my birthday 1 month after this event. Please consider giving me an early present by sponsoring me ♥ you can do this safely online by visiting my website.  I certainly do appreciate itand would also love it if you left a comment in my guestbook. Have a fab day and thank you! xxx http://sarahstracks.webplus.net/index.html

February 2011

Hi folks so sorry that I haven't blogged sooner. This place isn't quite as active as I'd hoped to keep it but to be honest I can't really think of anything much to say on the subject of running and training, especially since I have a website and Facebook page too. I shall try to think of something every now and then though. I hope everyone had a nice new year and that January was good to you. Incidently the countdown clock is wrong, it was some time before I noticed ;p It is actually 2 months and 7 days until 10th April. I am well into my training and enjoying it. I even enjoy running in the rain and have a fluorescent jacket so I can run in the evening. I enjoy that too. So I might one day actually run well and eat well and look good xxx

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a good one. It was a quiet affair for us this year remembering 2 people we've lost. As its my favourite season I made the best of it. Back home now and looking forward to the new year and New Year's Eve when we will be seeing Queen WWRY musical. I can hardly wait for that. I just want to wish you all a happy healthy and prosperous 2011.  Thank you for reading and for your constant support. I hope you have some great plans for the day/evening and some resolutions too. Lots of love from Sarah xxx 

World AIDS Day 2010

On this the 1st December I hope that all are wearing your red ribbons. I must confess to being abit disappointed in the lack of red ribbons I saw around today. I think this indicates that there is still  a great need to continue to raise awareness of the horror that is AIDS, to keep it in people's conciousness. I wore mine with pride and I do have a watch with a red ribbon on. I had to work today so couldn't really wear it and I couldn't get it  to go lol. Today is also the second day of snow for us. Whilst I am enjoying it does mean I can't go out running. I don't want to risk breaking a leg or spraining an ankle. As I live opposite a wonderful leisure centre, this means that I shall be having 2 hour gym sessions on the treadmill. Not as good as running outside but better that doing nothing ;) Stay well and warm love Sarah xxx  

A tiny update

When I got out of bed this morning I weighed myself and to my utter joy I have lost more weight! So, thats now a total of 10 pounds! I hope it stays off. It would be nice to lose abit more, especially around the usual places ;) I think the cold weather probably has something to do with it. I may put some weight back on immediately, actually. I say this because my other half made a feast of a breakfast pre-empted by some ducks eggs I bought yesterday ;D.
By the way, my running partner Joe and I now have Facebook page so you can get the lowdown there too on what we are doing, interact with us and have abit of fun. Please consider sponsoring me, this isn't an easy gig. I can't express my appreciation enough, or stress how important it is to support Starfish*.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Sarah-and-Joes-Brighton-Marathon-April-2011/120777117978635

Stay well and take care xxx

Hi All  ;D

Having sponsors from all over the world, usually means it takes some time to collect all the money together. For this year I have now finally done that. I am happy to report that Starfish now have all of the money which I raised from my 10k run back in May. The grand total was £170 (250 euros). I cannot stress enough how grateful and appreciative I (and Starfish) are for every single sponsor, pound and cent xxx <3 A huge warm thank you to you all. Today there is an update by The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association on some of the work they do. They have a long distance adoption programme going on helping kids in Malawi get a proper education etc. This update is about one such young, very sweet child named Amadi.

http://www.rutgerhauer.org/rutgerhauer.org/adoption/amadi.php

Of course normally what happens is that I rest for many months and begin training again in January. As you know I am running in my first ever marathon next april with my friend Joe. So my training continues and will will keep you posted on our joint blog

http://trainingforthelondonmarathon.blogspot.com/

Yeah I know it says London in the link when it should say Brighton. Tell joe! lol. This will be a fun but gargantuan effort for us both. I am of course doing this as ever to raise funds and am collecting sponsorship from now. Please do consider sponsoring me for this very worthwhile cause. All funds are important and I hope to significantly increase the mount I raise from now until april. Thank you ever so much and also thanks just for reading.

Warm wishes,

Sarah

PS I won't be able to help talking about this and asking for sponsorship at all available opportunities so forgive me if it gets old or I get annoying! xxx