I think it's best to open with the lengthy description of myself and this campaign that I have already posted on the various social media pages and official donation pages I have set up for this campaign already as I am trying to keep it all neatly tied in together.....
About 14Runs and myself.
14Runs is a series of charity runs across the broad spectrum of distances and types available to the
everyday runner, and all to be done in 2014 and all for two charities close to my heart.
I wanted a new goal and running challenge for 2014 and I wanted to try some of the other distance varieties and run categories like trails, ultra's, 24 hour runs and week long running tours, but I am obviously not Iron Man and therefore decided it would be good to cover as many different distances as I could including the shorter ones that I am already trained for.
It is going to be one hell of a challenge and physically very demanding and will require some nifty planning to try and get all 14 types of runs in within the year and with a decent amount of rest and recovery between each one to prevent injury etc.
Remaining injury free and doing everything I can to reduce the physical impact of all the miles is vital and for this reason I have purchased myself a pair of top end running shoes especially designed for long runs over trail and road.These incredible shoes are called Hoka's and come very well recommended from the long distance running community.
I have been very honored to of been offered a personal discount on all my running gear needs throughout my campaign by a very kind supplier the Ultra marathon running store.com based in the UK, here is a direct link to their Hoka range of shoes and one for the above mentioned generous supplier,a very big thank you to them.
http://www.ultramarathonrunningstore.com/Hoka-One-One-Shoes-s/1935.htm
http://www.ultramarathonrunningstore.com/
A big thank you also to Colin from Holmes-Smith Butchers in Southport for sponsoring me for most of the cost of the Hoka's and for helping me with my nutritional needs again in 2014.
I will be requiring the usual friendly support and encouragement from my running pals and from my family which I know will be readily and happily supplied in abundance
As ever there needs to be a sense of purpose and cause for such a daft way of keeping fit throughout the year otherwise I would probably give up after the first run .So as ever it will all be for charity but this year I have chosen to run for two charities, Mind and Caring For Life.
For more info on why I have chosen Caring For Life please see my page info on my JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/14Runs donations can be made direct to Caring 4 Life via that link.
As some of you will probably already know I ran for Mind in 2013 and I will again be running for them in 2014, for donations to Mind please use this link www.Virginmoneygiving.com/14Runs
The two different links give you a choice of charity to donate to or if you like you could donate to both :))
The distances and types I am covering range from a 1 mile backwards run at the National Backwards Running Championships to 5k's,5 miles, 10k on road,10k on trail,10 miles on road,10 miles on trail, Half marathon on road and Half marathon on trail, Full marathon on road and Full marathon on trail, ultra marathon, 24 hr relay and a 6 day running Tour of Merseyside.
Details of each and every run will be released one by one as they are booked and confirmed on my dedicated 14Runs facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/14RUNS
Details will obviously also be released within my blog posts so please follow them via
http://14runs.blogspot.co.uk
Sponsors as ever will be welcome so please get in touch through here.
As Buzz always says " To infinity and beyond" :))
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