Friday, 26 June 2009

Two months on!

Not wishing to miss a last opportunity for a "two" related topic, I've waited until exactly two months after the marathons for my final post! Yes, this time two months ago I was drinking hot chocolate with three friends (drat, not two - but Helen, Gareth and Steven could not be omitted!) and trying to believe that, in addition to reaching my fundraising targets, I had managed to complete both marathons!

Rather unoriginally, I am compelled to say that it all seems a long time ago now. The post-marathon aches and pains faded weeks ago, and I've started to remember the pleasure of going out for a run with no particular purpose or training goal! Moreover, all the donations have been safely with the charities for quite a while, where I'm sure they will have already been allocated to genuinely life-saving projects. I am still utterly delighted with the final totals of £2,755.90 for WPF Therapy and £2,785.44 for Reaching the Unreached. For that, of course, I can only thank you, and continue to thank you, and continue to thank you!

For myself, I will never forget the twomarathons experience and all that it brought me. It's an achievement I feel very proud of, yet one which would never have been accomplished without the help of so many people in so many ways. It was the struggles and difficulties which really brought that home to me, and showed me (yet again) that by myself I can do nothing. I am enormously glad to have had this opportunity; more "thankyous" all round are needed!

I'm now preparing (gradually) to enter the noviciate with the Sisters of the Assumption, so if I am a bit silent at times, you will realise why. I will certainly be thinking of you, even if I'm not emailing you or updating my facebook status! So, goodbye for now; it's been fun keeping you informed through these posts, and I hope you've enjoyed reading them!