Mon February

Here's the idea:

On 2 April 2016, I'm attempting to run 55 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh, and I thought i could raise a few bob for much needed research as I go.
You may be aware of the love of music that runs through my life, so I'm hoping to combine running and music as follows:

For every donation (£5 suggested, but please give what you can, no matter how big or small) you suggest a song, any song and I add it to my currently blank mp3 player. Please add your song choice to the donation notes.

At the start of the run I hit 'play on random' and whatever song is playing  when I cross the finish line is the winner.

The prize? I will DJ an event of your choice for free. Mon then, InAbootIt!

Click To Donate and Choose Your Song

Who woulda thunk it...I'm a Jog Leader!

Sunday 17 January 7am. It's baltic, I'm trying to reverse out of our drive onto the road and the cars slipping all over the place. Had to get out and grow some salt under the tyres to get moving. Eventually got on the move. Why am I up so early on a cold, frosty Sunday morning? Steven Watt, that's why!

Steven has secured funding to start a jogScotland PKC group at work. Part of this requires you to have Jog Leaders, so Steven enrolled Karen Hughes, Matt McKay and yours truly.
We're heading through to the Jog Leaders course being held at the Scottish Hockey Centre on Glasgow Green. It was a full, informative, day, think there was 24 people in total. 

At the end of the session, we were all told we had passed and were presented with very fetching bright orange Jog Leader vests! What does this mean? It allows Steven, Karen, Matt and I to take out groups of joggers from Beginner level upwards. We learned how to structure a session and the importance of warming up and stretching at the end of a session.

Steven's idea is #JogPKC, and we hope to kick it off very soon.

Be inspired, be the inspiration...InAbootIt!

Hopes and Dreams...

I'm upping the distance more than I planned to this year, that's down to a certain Mr Iain Beedie. Last year I ran 1025.27 miles, the equivalent of 39 marathons, I did intend to do the equivalent of 40 marathons this year (1048 miles), but then Iain suggested going for 2000kms (1250 miles) and I thought if I'm gonna do that, I'm as well to go for 2016 kms, so the target for 2016 is 1253 miles. 

That's just a wee bit of a jump, so I better get serious as of now!

I've a few events planned for the first part of year, so far I've entered:

Seville Marathon in February 26.2 miles
Self Transcendence Ultramarathon in March, 50k (31.25 miles)
Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultramarathon in April, 55 miles
Great Glen Way Ultramarathon in July, 72 miles (my biggy for the year!)

I've named this post 'Hopes and Dreams', I hope I can stay injury free and I am able to complete the events listed above, I dream of my application being selected to take part in the 2017 West Highland Way Race.

Also training to become a Jog Leader this year, that's down to a certain Mr Steven Watt from #JogPKC

InAbootIt!