On the 18th September 2008, Lorna and I received an email from Scott Umpleby at Brathay Hall informing us that we had been invited to participate in the 2009 Brathay 10-in-10 Challenge along with 12 other fortunate souls!
Heart rate suddenly doubled and I found myself pacing about nervously and looking in the mirror, I saw that I was quite flushed!!!
"How ridiculous", I thought, "the event is MONTHS away."
Over the previous week or so, I'd convinced myself that for one reason or another that we wouldn't get in. So I was prepared for being disappointed. And when the email flashed up on my PC that was what I'd expected!.
To say that I was pleased that we were IN is something of an understatement.
We'd thought about the possibility of doing the event last year, but circumstances were never going to make it feasible, so in reality, we've been looking towards May 2009 for well over a year!
Well - it's all very real now, and there will be no place for messing about with the training. To successfully complete 10 marathons in 10 days is going to take some very structured and focused event-specific training.
And my personal goal is not going to be to simply complete the event, but to do it at a level that I'll be able to look back to with a great deal of pride and satisfaction!
:o)
Heart rate suddenly doubled and I found myself pacing about nervously and looking in the mirror, I saw that I was quite flushed!!!
"How ridiculous", I thought, "the event is MONTHS away."
Over the previous week or so, I'd convinced myself that for one reason or another that we wouldn't get in. So I was prepared for being disappointed. And when the email flashed up on my PC that was what I'd expected!.
To say that I was pleased that we were IN is something of an understatement.
We'd thought about the possibility of doing the event last year, but circumstances were never going to make it feasible, so in reality, we've been looking towards May 2009 for well over a year!
Well - it's all very real now, and there will be no place for messing about with the training. To successfully complete 10 marathons in 10 days is going to take some very structured and focused event-specific training.
And my personal goal is not going to be to simply complete the event, but to do it at a level that I'll be able to look back to with a great deal of pride and satisfaction!
:o)
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