Today I got a phone call I never expected. Months ago in a moment of madness I decided to fill in an application to run the London Marathon for Girlguiding. I can't even really remember what I wrote on the application, only that afterwards I thought of a million extra things I could have talked about. That was back in May and I've not thought too much about it since then.
That's not to say I haven't thought about the London Marathon, of course! Anyone who has anything to do with the running community will know about that early October anticipation, will it be a congratulatory magazine or the disappointing email? This year 380,000 runners applied for one of the extremely sparse ballot places, so I wasn't at all surprised to find out I wouldn't be one of those running once of the most iconic races in the world next April.
That was until this voicemail message popped up today, a lady from the Girlguiding fundraising team asking me to call her back. I panicked a bit, it couldn't be... could it?!
Well it was!!
I must admit my initial thought was "What the hell there's no way I can run a marathon and raise about £2k. But after a split second I knew I couldn't possibly turn down what may well be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
I know it's going to be hard, no doubt the hardest thing I've ever done! But Girlguiding has been such a huge part of my life since the age of 4. It's given me so much... experiences, memories and friends just to name a few so I'm absolutely honoured to be given this opportunity to combine two of my most treasured hobbies in such a fantastic way!
So once again my running blog becomes a training blog. When I first started it as my 10km training blog, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought it would become a story of my London Marathon training experience.... here goes!!
