Okay, I would like to start today's blog by begging you loyal readers to part with a small amount of your cash. As many of you may know, I am running/crawling/jumping/swinging/whatever else they may make me do the Urbanathlon in Glasgow in a couple of weeks. Every runner runs for the charity Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, and we all have a fundraising target of £40.
So how much have I raised so far? A fiver!!
So if any of you people reading this would like to sponsor me even a pound, I would be eternally grateful. After all, in the words of a great friend of mine, "Every little helps". Oh. Wait a minute...
If every one of my facebook friends gives me one pound (Which I'm sure you can all afford), I would raise £148. And that would be awesome.
So anyway, here's the link to my fundraising page, please, please donate a pound or two (or more if your feeling generous). http://www.justgiving.com/ChrisMorrisUrbanathlon
So last week, Stuart and I met the Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase!! For those of you unfamiliar with late eighties/early to mid nineties wrestling, here's a picture of the man in his prime:
It was pretty strange to meet this kind of person. I hated him so much when I was a kid (Before I knew wrestling was scripted), and it was pure joy to actually meet the guy. Some of those old feelings of hatred might have sprung up at any moment though, as we found out that it was £10 for a photo with him, or £5 for the use of your own camera!
I tell ya, I was THIS close to challenging him to a good old fashioned steel cage match up, but Stuart convinced me otherwise. Still, it was amazing to meet one of my childhood anti-heroes.
So, yesterday I signed up for the Edinburgh Marathon. Nathan said to do it as soon as I could because there might not be places left soon, so I signed up at midnight on 1st September, and now I feel sick thinking about it!
I know I'll be able to do it, just need to train, train train. I have a 5k race tomorrow at Riverside, hoping to forget about the embarrassing result of the 4k there (Last male to finish), and I have the Urbanathlon in two weeks. I think that's what's keeping me motivated, doing all these kind of races instead of just training. Running is a very lonely sport, and motivation is hard sometimes.
As for the Urbanathlon, I found a pretty cool video of the last one which was held in Edinburgh, slow motion videos of some of the obstacles I might encounter, check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVXAMtlzhOg&p=BE663A554E5D27D0&playnext=1&index=8
For training, I have been told via their facebook page that I should practice stairs, so I've been doing some running over the Law Hill. On my last run I did one round the hill, one over, one round, and a final over, which is about 6.1k. I need to up it a bit more as the thing is 10k.
Oh, and please sponsor me! I'll be your friend (That's not a promise, it's a threat).
I'll be making a short video soon begging you all for some money, expect release in the next couple of days...
