Running for RP

Running for RP will be taking part in the Cardiff Half Marathon on 18th October 2009.

The aim is to join Team RP at the London Marathon in 2010 and we hope our efforts pay off.

We have gone from being a group of people who did very little exercise with no experience of taking part in running events, to training for a half marathon. 

Grant is the only member of Running for RP who has taken part in athletic trials before this and that was a number of years ago during his college years. John was very much into his fitness regime when he was in university and was a keen rugby player, but has not taken part in athletics and has not trained for a long while. Laurie has never been very enthusiastic about exercise and hated sports lessons in school, almost always producing a note to get out of it.

We have all been motivated to raise as much money for RP as possible and taking part in the 10ks has spurred John on to take part in the London Marathon and raise more funds as part of Team RP. Whilst Laurie does not think that she will be ready to take part in the marathon, John is determined that he will.

In preparation for the London Marathon and to offer John as much support as possible, Grant and Laurie will be joining John at the Cardiff Half Marathon. They will go on to support John at a number of other running events throughout the following year to help motivate John and encourage him to achieve his ultimate goal of joining Team RP in 2010. If you have any training tips you can share with us or any encouraging comments please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

The next few months are certain to be tough and we will really need the motivation.

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