countdown begins - 5 weeks to go...

Hey guys!

So today we started our 5 week countdown - it's beginning to get a little more real, and much more terrifying now!!

This week we both did a little better and almost kept to the training programme (almost, but not quite!). Today our run was 75minutes. That's the furthest we've ever gone - further than our 10km last September!! luckily it wasn't quite as warm today as it was when we ran last week.

I've been trying to keep things a little interesting by changing our routes every week and have been using map my run to plan them out in advance so we don't end up miles away from home and having to walk back, or worse, end up having to run past the flat and then keep on going! So today we ran along the streets into town, dodging all the football fans heading to Tynecastle for the Hearts match. When we got to Haymarket we ran along the back to Dean Bridge then down to the water of leith - though i couldnt remember where the water of leith pathway was, so we spent a few minutes tootling back and forth in Dean Village until Shona spotted the wee path. Then it was the long and winding path home along the water, along side Murrayfield, through Saughton park then eventually back towards mine! By the time we'd finished we were feeling pretty good (though we did have to stop for a blister-check as feet weren't feeling quite so good!!).

Next week - 3 runs on our own to complete then an 85minute run on the sunday - need to find somewhere interesting and different for us to go!

Other exciting news - I got a box of goodies delivered from MND Scotland yesterday! It had collection boxes, vest tops and sponsor forms in it!!! so we're all kitted out to promote MND Scotland during our half marathon, we'll hopefully get some collection boxes put out soon and get the sponsor forms put to use for any other fundraising events that may be in the pipeline (more to be revealed at a later date!!)

Remember, we're doing all this in order to raise £7600 for MND Scotland - which will result in us walking the Inca Trail in Peru next year! We're putting in as much effort as we can to do this, but we can't do it alone! we need your help!!! So please dig deep people. you can sponsor us online at http://www.justgiving.com/Clair-and-Shona-McAdam or by  texting the amount you want to donate (for example, £5, £10, etc) and the following code - QOLI90 - to this number: 70070. 


Muchos love!! xxx