Hi guys,

As many of you will know it has been a life long ambition of mine to run the London Marathon!!!

Some of you will know, I lost a very dear friend of mine some time ago - Stacey was a true inspiration to me and always believed I would achieve this dream. Stacey has been with me in spirit, spurring me on through 18 months of training and she will be with me every step of the 26.2 miles.

 

How it all started: Just before having my second child, Ella, my friend Sarah and I made a promise (I was 7 months pregnant at the time and she was a little bit tipsy I believe!). The promise was to get fit, to run regularly and complete the London Marathon 2011- for me, this would be in Staceys memory.

A few months passed and no more was said about this.
Aug 2009 Ella was born and still not a mention of this discussion. It wasn't until Ella was 6 weeks old that I broached the running subject with Sarah who tried to explain that she was rather drunk at the time of shaking on the pact and now wasn't so sure....

Anyone who knows me will know that this was no get out clause. Little did I know at this point that I had met my match...an equally stubborn, competitive and rather keen runner in the making.

Since Oct 2009 we haven't looked back. We have enjoyed many a run with a few things being lobbed at us along the way - apples, beer cans and eggs to name a few! But we have not let this defeat us. In fact we have now grown with our little running team of 5 supporting us along the way (Come on the Tardebigge Springers).

Sarah and I are passionate about doing this but not just for doing its sake.... we want to support those less fortunate than ourselves.

For me, I am running for the Children's Trust as, having two happy, healthy children, I felt an over whelming need to give back to families who have not been so lucky. I feel so incredibly fortunate to have my family and if I can do just one small thing to help others that have not been so fortunate then that is th very least I can do. The Children's Trust does some truly wonderful work to support families with poorly children that suffer from brain injuries caused by injury or illness- See their website for more info. 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE support them by sponsoring me so that they can continue all the fantastic work they do to help these families. Thank-you so much.

Anna :-)

 

 

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