Hello everyone —

You have probably heard this joke from me before but Japan was out of my budget and I had to conquer at least one mid-30s urbanite cliché, so Hackney Half Marathon it is.

In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to training towards something tangible and meaningful. Dementia affects so many, from those directly with the condition to their families and networks, and my father worked as a consultant geriatric psychiatrist before he died (as well as doing psychiatry in prisons) so there's a semi-strong link there.

Any contributions gratefully received; I will probably hold some kind of quiz in early spring too!

I am going from couch (started training on 27th December) to half marathon so this isn't because I could only get a charity place xoxo

Thanks,

Salome

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