After 4 years of inactivity from leaving University I had piled on the weight and was tipping the scales at a hefty 22st 6lb.
Portugal, July 2004
Drastic action was required so I signed up for the Sheffield Half Marathon in May 2005. My training started in earnest in November 2004 and although running was a completely alien concept to me, having previously avoided it at all cost, I soon found it was taking over my life. The training wasn’t without its pitfalls, but I was spurred on by the words of family and colleagues who thought I would either fail in my attempt or die trying!!
I completed Sheffield Half Marathon and although I swore never to wear a pair of trainers ever again I was soon entering more events.
With numerous 5k’s, 10k’s and Half Marathon’s under my belt, and rapidly approaching my 30th birthday, I decided that a new challenge was needed, one that was even more radical than the Sheffield Half Marathon seemed at the time……….and what is more radical than the Marathon des Sables!!
Dronfield 10k, March 2007 Hawkshead 15k, April 2007
Newark HM, August 2007 Peninne 10k, January 2008
Brass Monkey HM, January 2008