Wohoo..2014 is finally here and the running campaign has officially started :)

Well it is finally here, 2014 has finally arrived and after months of planning and painstaking setting up of donation pages, facebook pages and this blog I can finally declare the 14Runs charity running campaign for 2014 officially launched and my training well and truly started.

I've posted my donation page links on my facebook page, my dedicated 14Runs facebook page and on my favourite running forum on facebook also.

If you have missed them from my initial blog here they are again:

Donations to Caring for Life:
http://www.justgiving.com/14Runs     

Donations to Mind:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/14Runs

My first run is at Helsby and is a Half Marathon road race consisting of 13.1 miles of country roads so hopefully a nice scenic one.
This particular race was called off last year due to extreme weather and an abundance of snow and ice which is never good in the eyes of health&safety with regards to runners possibly getting serious injuries due to slips and falls so it was a good decision.

I think I can say I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not looking forward to a possible very cold run in exposed countryside area's, I've never been a fan of the cold and am a terrible winter trainer as the first sign of rain or poor weather and I just rollover in bed and have a few more hours of rest and recovery as I've come to call it :)

I've had a nice 13.1 mile training run tonight and felt pretty well throughout most of it so I think I am ready for Helsby, I'll do a few more 13.1 training runs in the meantime to get my legs completely comfortable again with the distance though as it is always good to be able to run it comfortably.

I've also discovered I've dropped to my lightest weight in 25 years over the last month so I have to ensure that although being light is good for a long distance runner, it is also vital to eat the right kind of food and enough of it to cover my training, running and recovery in order to ensure my progress continues and I don't risk injury due to lack of nutrition.

Anyway onwards and upwards or forwards in my case,and one foot in front of the other as Dean Karnazes says....