Well it's finally come round to the time for one of the hardest and most unique events I have ever entered to do, the event is the Btr Tour Of Merseyside and comprises of 6 runs within 7 days in various area's of Merseyside and totaling 52 miles in total ( well actually 52.1 but don't tell anyone).
It also marks the passing of the halfway mark for my year of charity runs for Mind as I move to runs no.8 and onwards, it's been a good 6-7 months so far and I've enjoyed it all and met some great new friends along the way.
I have thankfully remained fairly injury free so far and have only had little niggles which have been dealt with swiftly.I thank God daily for helping me through this mentally and physically and for all the help and support I have had from friends and family.This has all put me in good stead for this event.
There will be a good mix of terrains at this one so it will be a test for all types of runners young or old, experienced or newbies and indeed fast or slow. Not quite sure where I fit into that but a mix of pretty old and stupid springs to mind as my category.
The event was created last year by Alan Rothwell as a Merseyside equivalent of a similar event up in Geordie land which has subsequently ceased to exist.
It started with 70+ members last year and this year will be more like 200+ so a bigger field this time round and a lot more competition, but also a lot more people to end the week with as new friends which is key to events like this as we runners are a friendly bunch you know :)
I was unsure whether I would be able to enter this event initially and whether I could afford the entry fee and justify the expense in order to add it to my 14runs charity running campaign, but true to form some good friends and some very generous people from the Running Discussion Board on Facebook took it upon themselves to pay my entry fee and I am truly thankful to them for this and indeed for Gods provision of such valued friends.
I have had to take a holiday of work in order to complete this challenge as rest is required prior to the event and indeed after each days running in order to try and prevent unwanted injury and of course serious lack of energy if I had to work as well during the week.
So I've got literally 12 days off in total so am trying to make the most of the holiday element of it as well as the running and fun and charity element of it, and of course there is always some serious medal bling and a t-shirt on offer at the end of it all :)
The week will comprise of 6 days running in total and are as follows:
Day one 13 miles at the Southport Half Marathon on Sunday 6th July.
Day two 6 miles multi terrain at Thurstaston on the Wirral on Monday 7th July.
Day three 10 miles trail at Walton on the Cheshire Lines Trail on Tuesday 8th July.
Day four Day off...wohoo!!
Day five 5 miles at the Hale Village road race on Thursday 10th July.
Day six 6 miles cross country in Knowsley on Friday 11th July.
and finally....
Day seven 12 miles on the Wirral for a coastal run on Saturday 12th July.
Total distance covered 52 miles :)
This will be followed by the mother of all food and drink sessions at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton where the final run ends and we will be doing some serious knackered runners celebrating, and eating and drinking to our hearts content without the worry of it affecting our next run.
This will be followed by a video presentation of the weeks events with clips of the runs and indeed the stars of the runs, ourselves. And no doubt will be one of the highlights of the week as it has been proven that asking runners questions while they are on a run or after a run that they will open up and practically answer any stupid or personal question you ask them lol
So wish us all well, wish us a week of injury free running and wish those of us who are running for charities a fruitful week of worthy donations to compensate for our pain and suffering.
Almost daily blogs for each stage will slowly appear :)
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