Kirsten Owen
KJO coming out of marathon retirement: Bowel Cancer
Fundraising for Bowel Cancer UK
Story
I did say that was done with Marathon running, it was a silly and it was a big commitment to train for one!
Interestingly my last marathon was the Potteries Marathon, which was actually quite a nice experience as I ran round with a couple of friends who were just aiming on getting around. It was the marathon before that in London 2015 that really put me off marathons, yet here I am signed up to run Edinburgh at the end of May. Whilst I have still be running it has been a troubled relationship between me and my trainers; whilst I have often enjoyed the thought of running but the actual physical act of running was disappointing. It might have been burn out or boredom I am not really sure, but I was signing up to less and less races and barely making any type of running appearance at parkrun, which was unheard of.
However, I have dusted off the marathon training plans to help raise money for Bowel Cancer UK, cancer has struck my immediate family again and at the minute we have a positive story to tell, which is largely down to the medical research that helps to find new treatment methods to help more people survive cancer today.
If you want to keep an update on my training and the random thoughts I get when I am running you can find out all of these on my blog at https://girllikestorun.blogspot.com/?m=1
Here is more about my chosen charity:
We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity.
We fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.
We’re here to stop people dying of bowel cancer.
Interestingly my last marathon was the Potteries Marathon, which was actually quite a nice experience as I ran round with a couple of friends who were just aiming on getting around. It was the marathon before that in London 2015 that really put me off marathons, yet here I am signed up to run Edinburgh at the end of May. Whilst I have still be running it has been a troubled relationship between me and my trainers; whilst I have often enjoyed the thought of running but the actual physical act of running was disappointing. It might have been burn out or boredom I am not really sure, but I was signing up to less and less races and barely making any type of running appearance at parkrun, which was unheard of.
However, I have dusted off the marathon training plans to help raise money for Bowel Cancer UK, cancer has struck my immediate family again and at the minute we have a positive story to tell, which is largely down to the medical research that helps to find new treatment methods to help more people survive cancer today.
If you want to keep an update on my training and the random thoughts I get when I am running you can find out all of these on my blog at https://girllikestorun.blogspot.com/?m=1
Here is more about my chosen charity:
We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity.
We fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.
We’re here to stop people dying of bowel cancer.