Four months, a third of a year, much too long
to leave a blog un-updated…
During that time, the second anniversary of my
brother’s death has come and gone, and with it the deadline to complete my 52
Firsts. It become quite apparent, as July 12 edged closer, that I was not going
to fit everything in. But it didn’t bother me too much, I thought I would just
carry on going until I got to 52, no matter how long it took me.
On the 14 July 2013, I ran my 10k. Well, I ran most
of it and walked a few 100m. The weather was blazing hot and my knee started twinging somewhere just
after the 5k mark but I still managed to complete it in the respectable time of
1 hour, 2 mins and 38 secs. Not quite within the hour I had wanted but
still not bad for a first attempt.
After it was all over, I felt a massive amount
of relief and pride. But then this soon gave way to a feeling of emptiness. It
took quite a few weeks of reflection for me to actually pick myself up again
and start living life with a positive focus, rather than just seeing the
depressing side to everything.
But I am well and truly there now. Life is a
positive experience and there is so much you can take from just living your day
to day life.
So that is probably the biggest thing that has
happened to me in the last few months. But here is an update on what else has
been going on…
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| Me with my medal after completeing the 10k |
I was the third highest fundraiser for CALM in
the London 10k – I cannot say thank you enough to everybody that sponsored me
and supported me (it was amazing to have my family there cheering me on). And,
despite raising over £1000 for CALM, I was still surprised when I got a letter
personally thanking me for my efforts, along with a voucher for cocktails for
me and five friends as a thank you. I think I can safely cross the ‘Do
something big…’ first off of my list.
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