I got a place in the Great North Run!

It’s a lottery: unless you’re participating as an elite or a member of certain clubs or for one of the official charities, your name goes into a hat. I was lucky enough to get picked at random. So that will be my third half marathon of the year, round about September.

I’m really pleased about this one and glad that I’ll get some practice with the Sheffield and Leeds ones first. Sorry, Sheffield and Leeds, but I still think of Newcastle as my home town, even though I haven’t lived there for more than 20 years. This year is back to the old, now traditional pre-COVID route, I’m looking forward to it.

Just to warn you: I’ll be asking for donations for that, too, also in aid of nia, which raises money to end violence against women and girls. Support them! Even if you don’t do it through my crowd funder! Which you totally should!

nia runs services for women and girls who have been subjected to sexual and domestic violence and abuse, including prostitution

https://niaendingviolence.org.uk/

I’ve raised nearly £1000 so far for the Sheffield half marathon. There’s a month to go, so I’ll be starting a big push for more donations soon.

And a big push in training, too. Next week is Intensive Training Week. I’ll let you know how that goes…