charity place at last year’s London Marathon.Being asked to run for charity really made me train properly because I didn’t want to let anyone down. It was for Henshaws Society for Blind People, a cause I connected with straight away and I’m now one
of mine. I was big on football and played a lot of it, and often in training running was part of fitness-building. Running is something I’ve done more as a leisure activity than getting into it more seriously and doing something like a marathon, although I
into it in the years that followed. Work came first though, so once I got a job on BBC local radio, my running career became pretty intermittent.I got a place in the London Marathon in 1996 and my training in the lead up was perfect. Then I landed an amazing job going
a lot better at speed work therefore it’s a lot more fun and getting thrashed by the other girls who I can out-sprint is frustrating. But I think I will give something like a half marathon or a marathon a go, but probably for charity.What is your
