I blame my bruises, aching knees and sore backside on Angela and her mad cap ideas, but it's all for a good cause - in fact I can't think of anything better. The only time I have ever run is for last orders, or possibly on a very rare occasion, a last train, so when Angela texted me and said, 'I'm going to do a half marathon in memory of JoJo and to raise funds for White Lodge' I couldn't really let her do it without me!
I lost my brothers Nick (aged 28 in March 2000) and Jonathan (aged 29 in December 2012) to a rare genetic syndrome called Marinesco Sjorgren, and it has been the hardest thing I have ever had to witness in my life. I miss them terribly and not a day goes past when my two girls and I don't talk about them both. The least I can do is don my horribly vibrant pink trainers, clad myself in lycra and pound the streets of the Woking Massive, terrorise the towpaths of Surrey and raise some much needed funds for the White Lodge Centre in Chertsey, the school and adult education centre that both the boys attended and which was a lifeline for my parents.
So Angela (one of Jonathan's (JoJo, aka Fonzo) carers) and I will be running the Silverstone Half Marathon on 2nd March 2014, with my cousin Chas Savin for this extremely worthwhile cause. In the meantime, Angela and I will keep you fully informed of our progress and I shall bore you senseless too, in the hope that you will go to our Just Giving page (links to follow in due course) and sponsor us lots and lots of cash just to keep us quiet!!
In the meantime, I shall just think of JoJo sitting in his wheelchair, hooting with laughter at Angela and I plodding along! Cx
A great first post. xx
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