200 Sleeps

Before I go any further, I must apologise for the blank lines at the start of my last post. Some of you may have worked out what I was trying to do, which was say Happy New Year in a number of languages but there was obviously something that Blogspot obviously doesn’t like.

Anyhoo…

I came up with this post title yesterday but then neglected to actually write anything. So it is, in fact, now only 199 sleeps until I fly out to Las Vegas (it’s tough, I know) to begin my latest journey of self-discovery. That does make it sound a bit more exotic and meaningful than “I’m off to run around another desert for a week; see you when I get back”.

Time is indeed flying now. It is almost 2 months since my last post, which has passed in a few blinks of an eye. In that time, training has been a bit mixed. When I have been out, it has been good quality training but these sessions have been interspersed by prolonged periods of inactivity due to:

a. Being blinded on a night run, tripping on a pot hole and twisting my ankle (2 weeks out)
b. Cramping up my calves by poor form on the cross trainer (1 week out)
c. Mile dose of the sniffles (3 days out)


After getting out last night on the first of the month, I am determined that there will be no more extended periods of non-training. This is quite important as I’ve committed to going 100km on a treadmill on 26th March to raise a bit more awareness of my venture and a few shekels into the bargain for my chosen charity.


Ah, yes the charity. I did have a good old think about this and have plumped for the British Lung Foundation (Wales). Choosing this charity did give me a few concerns that people might not be receptive as I had it in my head that if you say lung disease, it is automatically linked to smoking and therefore your own fault. I know from personal experience that this is not the case but found it difficult to convince myself that everyone else might not view it negatively.


It is true that some lung diseases are as a result of lifestyle choices but I realised that, with all health conditions, some will be as a result of a lifestyle choice and others will not. What is true is that sufferers struggle every day to manage what most of us do without even thinking. Imagine not being able to go for a walk without having to stop to get your breath back every 100 metres or not being able to climb a flight of stairs without your head spinning and seeing stars. With that thought in mind I set to work this morning creating my Just Giving page. And, without further ado, here it is…

Dan's Just Giving Page


I am grateful for any donation, large or small. They all give me a bit of added motivation to get my trainers on, even on days like today when it’s lashing down outside.