Ive just noticed.....Donations stand at.....£1477.48!!  The minimum amount I have to raise to take part in the Bike Challenge is £1450.00....SOOOOOO!!!  Ive MADE IT!  I am actually going to be cycling the mountain you can see in the video!  OH DEAR GOD!!!

THANKYOU to everyone who has donated so far and I hope people will continue to support me so I can reach my personal target of £2000.00 :D  although lets not stop there hey!  The only limit is you guys! ;o)

On a lighter note I am in possesion of my Nurses Tunic all ready for next weeks run!!  As if running a half marathon is not crazy enough I can categorically say that I am going to look like a blimmin lunatic in this get up hahaha!  So please if you havent already.....make a donation and GUESS MY FINISHING TIME!  You never know....you could get lucky!

And from the sublime to the ridiculous....I think I got a bit overexcited by the sunny day today and decided Id cycle home in my shorts!  Well after 20 mins I had to stop and stick my legwarmers back on lol!  It might be nice in the day but it still gets chilly quite quickly in the evening.....shorts!!! Hmmmmm we are not quite there yet lol!

On Saturday March 3rd we will be descending on the Nuneaton Ropewalk along with Gerard, Turbo Trainer, Monty Bear and some lovely volunteer tin shakers.  So while I get busy cycling and burning LBS.....it would be great if you guys could shed some £'s!! haha!
It would be great to see you there so please come along and say helllloooooo :o)
We will have entry forms so if you make a donation please dont forget to have a guess at my Half Marathon / Full marathon finishing time!  Who knows, you could be a winner! :D

This week has been a fantastic fundraising week!  A local company www.showerdoorrollers.co.uk has made a massive donation which covers the "cost" element of the challenge along with a significant donation to the Myton Hospices.  So now every penny that is donated will go directly to Myton :)
Along with that I have had several individual donations and we are getting a few entries into the "Guess the finishing time" competition!

GREAT WEEK!!!

Stepping up the training a bit this week in frequency and feeling
pretty good about it too!
Monday
15 mins of 1 min intervals / 1 min recovery on the bike and then the rower followed by an upper body strength workout including Chest Press, Lat Pull downs, Shoulder Press, Pecs, Rear Delts, Bicep curls and tricep extensions.

Tuesday
6 x 1km Intervals at 4.5-5min/km (7.5-8min/mile) pace with a 5 min recovery period between each one.  Worked really hard and on the middle couple of intervals really found my rhythm and felt bloody brilliant!!  One day Ill run like this over distance ;o)

 Wednesday:
 Spinning Class – a high energy interval session on a spinning bike gradually increasing the resistacne throughout the workout.  Great thighburner!

 Thursday:
Today I caught the bus to work so I could RUN HOME!! I did 9.5 miles in 1:24mins so an average of 8:50min/mile and considering it was a “comfortable” run I was quite pleased with the timing.

 Friday:
Cycled to work and back – direct route both ways felt quite good on the way there at 35mins but a bit slower on the way home, although the weather was a bit pants by then lol!

Saturday:
Longish cycle ride while distributing posters!!  Did just shy of 40 miles and by the nature of the ride it was a bit stop and start but I enjoyed the ride out! I also took a pit stop at COVENTRY RUNNER where I got myself a new pair of trainers plus they very kindly donated a voucher for a pair of trainers for the “Guess the finishing time” competition.

 Sunday:
 REST!
 
I am uploading all my training onto FETCHEVERYONE as it neatly combines my schedule and training altogether which is good for a quick overview.  Although when I upload a few days training it posts the lot to facebook / twitter and makes it look like Im a training  FREAK!

Look what arrived in the post today!!  2 tickets to admit four people into Hatton Farm Village!

This will be one of our prizes for the "Guess the Finishing Time" competition where for a donation to my JUST GIVING PAGE you can predict my finishing time for the half or full marathon (or BOTH for two donations lol!)  The closest person and two runners up will receive a PRIZE!  More prizes will be added as they arrive so keep checking our COMPETITION PAGE for full details :o)

As much as the training is important to get me up them mountain passes, Im under pressure this year to raise a minimum sponsorship amount and by a deadline of the beginning of May!  Right now this feels the more daunting of the two!
So I have set up my JUST GIVING PAGE, made a poster, set up a FACEBOOK PAGE and started putting the word about the challenge in the public domain.  I have also come up with some fairly madcap ideas for a couple of fundraising competitions which involves me running a half and a full marathon and you guys predict the closet time......winner gets a prize!  But I will do a specific BLOG about these events and how you can enter!
Technology has moved on even a year and you can now TEXT me a donation by texting TOIL99 and your donation (£1, £2, £5 or £10) and sending to 70070.  There are NO charges and you can gift aid the amount donated meaning even more money goes to Myton :D
And finally if you have an iPhone or Smart Phone you can SCAN the following QRCode and it takes you straight to my JUST GIVING page!  How fantastic is THAT!  

So far I have 5 donations directly to my Just Giving Page and one donation of admission tickets to HATTON WORLD for the "Guess the Finishing Time" Prizes!  THANKYOU EVEYONE!
So all in all a rather good start :D