Lessons learnt

As I am beginning to learn, there are lots of things to consider when training for a marathon, here are some of the key things I have learnt thus far:

1) Its winter in England - so wear gloves!
2) Always tie your laces with a double knot!
3) Never make the 2 mistakes above at the same time because doing laces up with frozen hands 5 miles from home is really hard :(
4) Stretch! Before and after, it makes things much easier!

Thanks for all your support so far! We are up to £105 already which is tremendous!

First week

So, I have now completed my first week of training and am delighted to report that nothing has broken, worn out or gone wrong thus far :)
Today I did 10.4 miles, which is probably the furthest I have run in one go!
So far I have covered a total of 41.8 miles (67Km) which is more or less the same distance as from the Chiang Mai Office to the Elephant Nature Park front entrance (and then a quick lap of the main site!). I thought this was quite a nice coincidence as that was the first leg of my Elephant Nature Park Journey back in 2007!
Although I must admit that I would rather be doing the training in the warmth of Thailand rather than the miserable British winter.
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And so it begins!

Thank you for tuning in to my training blog!

As you will have noticed, I will be running the London Marathon this year on behalf of The Elephant Nature Foundation, a charity that I care passionately about.
I volunteered at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand in 2007 and ever since have wanted to contribute, in some small way, to the work Lek and her amazing team do.

This blog is intended to act as a focal point for anyone interested in supporting the cause and for me to let everyone know how my training is going for the big day!
I will update it regularly with anecdotes from the road as well as some photos and memories from my time at the park and hopefully some interesting elephant facts!

Please log-on regularly to see how I am doing and to offer your support for the cause. To sponsor my efforts and those of the staff at the park, please follow the link and give as generously as you can, every penny will go towards preserving the future of the Asian Elephant!