When I woke up on race day I was feeling pretty good. I wasn’t feeling ill or carrying any injuries so it was a good start compared to some of the previous events. Admittedly after all of the illness that I’ve had since I started my year of challenges and the days lost in training … Continue reading X-Runner Water Wipeout Obstacle Course Race 20 June 2015
On Sunday night I spend an hour watching a man on a bike cycle around a track. There was no-one else riding at the same time, there were no hills, just a man and his machine going around the oval track. I realise that it wouldn’t be everyone’s idea of fun but I was absolutely … Continue reading Bicycle Race
During the month of June, Local Giving is giving away prizes to ‘Local Heroes’. For each unique sponsor a fundraiser gets during the month they are given a point and points make prizes! The prizes range from £1000 for the winner to £100. Even a donation of £1 can make the difference so why not … Continue reading Do It For Dan Needs You!
As we’re already more than a quarter of the way through the year of challenges for Do It For Dan, it seemed like a good opportunity to take a look back at what has been achieved so far as well as what lies ahead. There have been plenty of ups and down so far and … Continue reading Thank you
The day had come about a little too soon for my liking. After the Endurer Dash it was all too obvious that I wasn’t really in the shape that I had hoped I would be for the start of the mud runs and it had proved to be much harder than I was expecting. I … Continue reading X-Runner Wild Thing Mud Run 18 April 2015
It was a Monday morning, 20 January 2014 and I was about to start the getting ready for work when I had received some news that I didn’t want to believe. The tears had started to flow and as I went to tell Elaine what had happened I was struggling to get my words out. … Continue reading Why I’m raising funds for Blurt and Mind
The training blog has been updated and a new page has been added for the completed challenges. Less than 2 weeks to go until the X-Runner Wild Thing Mud Run - looks like the obstacles are going to be even more of a challenge than the Endurer Dash. If you want to sponsor any of … Continue reading Keep the conversation going
Saturday 28 March was the day for the Endurer Dash, an 8km obstacle course mud run in the Peak District. Having never done anything like this before it was a step into the unknown and given that I’ve never been a particular fan of running or ever been any good at it, it was a … Continue reading Endurer Dash
Sunday 22 February saw the start of the physical challenges with the cycle ride from Drighlington to Welton – Le Tour De Dan! The morning started early so that I could have breakfast and get everything prepared before setting off for the start in Drighlington. After filling up on Weetabix and getting the triplets up … Continue reading Le Tour de Dan – 22 February 2015
Today marks the first anniversary of Dan’s death. It was a heart wrenching moment when I heard the news and something I won’t forget. Today shouldn’t be about sadness though, it should be about the happiness that Dan brought to his friends, family and anyone he met. I still miss him all the time and … Continue reading It all starts here!
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