London Marathon 2011 by hanmuz at Garmin Connect - Details

London Marathon 2011 by hanmuz at Garmin Connect - Details

TARGET!!

This morning at 09.30am I not only reached my target but surpassed it! As things currently stand I've raised £5,070 for Help the Hospices with more money still to come in. Thank you to everyone who has supported me. xxx

Marathon Expo

I have just returned from registering at the London Marathon Expo at the Excel Centre. It was an amazingly efficent process to get my timing chip and race number but unfortunately that left a lot of time for mum and I to go wondering around the endless stalls! I managed to walk out less than 2 hours later with a special icing device that featured on Dragon's Den (!), a London Marathon jacket and, most importantly, a Garmin! For those of you less geeky bloggers out there, a Garmin is a running watch which monitors your pace and distance. It also has in-built GPS so you can connect to the Garmin website afterwards and upload all the data from your run. I went for the basic range and they vary greatly (up to £600!!) but I got a great 'marathon special' deal so am chuffed with it. I will be wearing it on Sunday so keep a look out for my blog on Monday where I'll be embedding all my Garmin data from my 26.2 miles for the world to see.

I haven't done quite as much running this week as I would have liked - last complete run on Tuesday. This was due to Excel visits today and a sports massage last night. Combined with starting my new role in a very busy department at work I've been working more on my eating and sleeping, although from what people tell this is better than overdoing it in your final week.

I am now tantalisingly close to my £5000 target but I'm not asking for any more sponsorship here. Instead I would like to thank everyone for their wonderfully kind words that I have been getting over the last few days. A couple of emails have even brought a tear to my eye and are all the motivation I now need to get through on Sunday.

I will be blogging again on Saturday. xxxxx

Race Day Details

Dear all,

With one week to go, I've now sent the last dreaded begging email. This week I'll continue to blog, letting you know how I'm getting on with the build up to the big race next Sunday. A few of you have been asking about coming along to support so I just thought I'd include some info here. From what I've been told, knowing you have supporters there makes a world of difference do let me know if you're planning to be there and roughly where you'll be.

I will be setting off at 9.45am from Blackheath and am hoping to run 10 minute miles which should give you a rough indication of where I'll be and when but congestion at the beginning and potential for a heatwave (!) could shift these timings somewhat. I've attached the London Marathon spectator guide below which includes quite a good map.

http://static.london-marathon.co.uk/uploads/marathon-centre/VLM_11_Spec_Guide.pdf

Mum, Dad, Jacko and Becky will be covering the 4 Help the Hospices cheer points:

• Greenwich at 6.5 miles (approx 10.50am)
• Tower Bridge at 12.5 miles (approx 11.50am)
• Canary Wharf at 19 miles (approx 1pm)
• Embankment at 25 miles (approx 2pm)

Help the Hospices have a post race meet point at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on Broad Sanctuary, just off Parliament Square, which friends and family can come to any time from midday. I reckon, all being well, I should be there by 3pm.

If it continues to stay mild I will be running in black and white shorts and a black and white t-shirt with a bright yellow Help the Hospices vest over the top. Keep your eyes peeled!

For contact on the day:

Dad's mobile: 07768 338 428

Jacko's mobile: 07941 727 661

My mobile: 07525 359 130

Once again thank you for your continued support and for any more last minute donations:

http://www.justgiving.com/hannah-musgrave/eurl.axd/46cc0c2a439fc543a1441ce28947253f

Bye for now... x

Photos from my 16 mile Breakfast Run