Throughout my posts I have been talking about how with the correct support I believe you can achieve. I am a bit guilty of not following my own advise and letting my leg go undiagnosed by a specialist for a month, putting me back on training by about 2 months, but small steps in the right direction, I managed 5km on the treadmill on Saturday, I really need to start upping the distance as I really do HAT a gym bike and spending hours at a time has not been fun. Cycling out to Windsor on Saturday was a welcome change and a good day out. I received a letter on Thursday that really did give me determination to get me leg fixed and get back on track, it did pull a deeply buried emotional cord and sums up exactly why I want to run this for Springboard for Children in a much more articulate way than I could ever achieve in my long waffly posts, which my sister described as hilarious, assuming she does not think I have become a comedy and more referring to the spelling.
One of the aims that I had for this run was to inspire the Springboard children and I am really pleased the children are really getting behind this, I have now received a number of letters and we are being posted to a facebook event page. Take a look there are some budding artist’s out there. http://t.co/R7R7oJeY
To date I have only managed to raise £61 for Springboard for Children, surly putting my body though hell as I run 155miles across the Sahara is worth a bit more than this.
The money will support Springboards great work helping children in some of the most deprived areas of the UK, providing them with a literacy lifeline, but more importantly, a mentor and someone to believe in them.
Dear Steve i am really happy you got my letter.I Saw your video and you really fast. What over marathons have you ran before other than springboard.
ReplyDeletewhats your job?
i am going to put posters around school telling people about your running.
by andy
Hello Andy.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for you letter, it very nice to receive. Your support will help me run faster when I am in the desert.
I have run 3 Marathons before; I have run the London Marathon twice and the Berlin Marathon. I am sure when you are older you will be able to be faster than me.
I originally studied to design aeroplane but I new work for banks and help them improve the way they do things.
It is great that you like going to Springboard, when I was your age I also loved going to my springboard lessons and if you are getting lots of stickers you must be doing really well.
Steven