Walk, Jog, Gasp....

So here we are a couple of weeks later.  Training going well.  Personally I've decided to include in my daily training walks some interval jogging - OMG, I haven't jogged since I was about 15 at school and boy does it hurt!  But, i've been doing this now for a few weeks I can really see the difference in my fitness and recovery times - I am actually jogging up to 8 lamppost lengths now vs the 1 length when I first started!!! Progress indeed.
And what about the rest of the team.....Hayley continues to pound the fields and pavements around her home in North Wales, even walking 3-4 miles to Donna's house to then start a 15 mile training walk the other Sunday. Now that's what you call dedication.  Donna is a regular runner, so probably the fittest of us all.  Jane regularly walks during weekends with her husband, so again, doing some training.  Our next full team training walk is this Sunday (15th Apr) when we will walk to the summit of Moel Famau in North Wales, a lung-bursting 800m steep (not gradual) ascent, which almost prompted my husband to call out Prince William from RAF Valley the last time we attempted it back in early Feb.  It will be interesting to see if all the training really is paying off - watch this space.
On the fundraising front, we are having a slow but sure start.  Being M&S employees, we have been very lucky to have access to bag packing in store, which should raise a few hundred every time we do it - this Saturday sees our first bag packing event.  Also our colleagues have voted for us to be the store's nominated charity for the new financial year, which means any charity activity undertaken by the store donates its money direct to us/Oxfam - fantastic news and we are so grateful for all the support we are receiving from the Company.  Go M&S - you rock!
I'm glad I've finally got round to writing another post - The Red Harrows blog has inspired me.  Who knows, next time there might even be a few pictures!  Bye for now.