I've now got a confirmed entry into the Shakespeare Marathon (29 April) and have a website set up for online donations.

So if you know of anyone who would like to sponsor me:-

www.justgiving.com/hy4

I have been told by someone that they got chased by a goose when they were finishing one year so hopefully that won't happen to me!

Hi all
I'm running the 2007 Flora London Marathon in aid of Mouth Cancer foundation, i'm not sure if there are any other runners.
My dad has suffered throat cancer 20 years ago and has been re-diagnosed with cancer in a gland in his neck for which he has had surgery and radiotheraphy, he has suffered many complications recently and it has been quite traumatic, so I do not need anything else to spurme on this year, other than my dad.
Hope all of your training is going well. I'm often visiting the differnet sites the RW website has, the forums are good fun!
I will take the time to say if anyone would like to sponosr my marathong run in aid of this very worthy charity you can visit my just giving page at www.justgiving.com/deeclayton . I'll be back on a regular basis now I've found you all.
Take care
happy training
Dee x

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dr Vinod K Joshi,

Links:

• Flora London Marathon
  
• Shakespeare Marathon

Hi Dee,

Hope your training is going okay.



Dr Joshi,

Can you point me in the direction of where I can get an A4 sized poster from to publize my run?

Hello HY4

Is it the MCF poster that you want? Please use the private message facility to give me your address so that we can send it to you with some MCF leaflets and a MCF T-shirt (size required) that will help with publicise your effort.

Best wishes
Vinod

Dr Joshi

Thanks for those links.

Are the t-shirts tight fitting?

Hi HY4, Hope you're training is going well. Didn't check the dates have you done the shakespeare half yet? Good luck.
training is going ok so far, doing a 20 miler next week which will be a test.
Happy running.
dee

Hi Deewild,

Yesterday was a nightmare for me. I had a really bad run and wanted to withdraw from the marathon, however put it down to starting off too fast. I did about 16.5 miles. I've never done the Shakespeare half, it's the same day as the marathon so don't think I'll be doing that one, although it does follow the same course. The problem I've got at the moment is I've started a new job (with shifts) and moved house so it's a real effort to get out for more than one run per week. Not the ideal build up to a marathon, however I'm slowly starting to get another run in per week.

I've got another 4 weeks of proper training including 2 20 milers then my taper.

Hope your training continues to go well.

Hi HY4
sorry mis-read it's a full you're doing, you have bad days and good days with your training. this time around I've found alot of runs have been a nightmare, but when I'm running in company I'm better, I did the Watford half and felt good and I went out on Saturday for 15 miles with another person doing London and it was better. I'm doing the finchley 20 on Sunday 18th...mothers day treat for myself mad! so I'm hoping that will go ok. It is hard fitting in the training be lovely if we didn't have to work, but we do!!
Keep up the good work
Take care
Dee

Dee,

Know what you mean there!

For me it's been a new job and new flat in a completely new town and county as well as I was based in the midlands until the end of January.

Hi HY4
Its nice to chat to another runner who is running for MCF. Do you have matters close to your heart, mines my dad who is still fighting this disease,it reared it's ugly head after 20 years. he originally had it in the throat and now has it in a gland in the neck, which he has undergone radiotheraphy. In answer to my own question I'm hoping you don't have anyone close suffering.
Well wishing you well with this weeks training.
take it easy
Dee

Hello HY4

The T-shirts are not the body-hugging type, unless you stick a large body in a small T-shirt!

Best wishes
Vinod

Hi Dee,

I have had relatives sometime which did suffer from head cancer, however as I was fairly young at that time I didn't find out many details.

My partner's grandma has bone cancer in the jaw and a forumite from another forum has suffered from mouth cancer, however she doesn't talk about it too much.

My main reason for deciding to run for this charity wasn't connected to any of the above. I was looking for a charity which didn't have any guarantee places as most people tend to stick to the larger charities unless they have some personal involvement.

Hi HY4
glad to hear that you haven't got anyone very personal to you suffering, however hope your partners grandma is oing ok.
My dad hasn't been well at all, so when i'm feeling tired on runs I think of him and his pain and push on!
How was your training this week, I've had a fairly light week as i'm doing the finchley 20 tomorrow, which is in Ruislip (just to confuse)so think it'll be quite hard but gotta conquer the 20 to get to 26 eh!?
Hope all is well
Take care
Dee

Hi Dee & HY4
Not long to go now, how's the training going?
Dee - What name do you use on the RW forums? (Mine is the same).