Run Away Success

My blog seems to have become my forum for reporting my weekend antics. Well this weekend was a good one too, although I did so much that I missed out on sleep and rest. Foolish.
Friday and Saturday saw me 'on tour' with Beccehamians Ladies rugby team. I had intended it just to be a good day and night out in Bristol with the girls returning on Saturday whilst the girls battles it out in the pitch against St Mary's Old Boys Ladies. Two of us came back on Saturday so our fixtures sec decided to move kick off to 11.45 am. To add a bit of fun and frolics to the proceedings backs and forwards swapped and I nervously donned a number 12. Seeing little Lou, our scrum half, drowned by my usual number 4 was hilarious and I'm not sure second row was the best cure for her hangover. Anyway the game was poor but the oppo shared their players which enabled us to make a good break up the field, the ball went to Kate and then to me metres out from the line. With every ounce of strength and energy I stretched to SCORE MY FIRST TRY! Wicked. I can retire complete!
Sunday was an entirely different day. I dragged my sorry self out of bed at 7 am - a time unknown for the Lord's day of rest - and onto a train bound for Victoria. I joined my lil Sis and her colleagues from Leukaemia Care at Peter Runge House off The Mall to be their volunteer for the day during the Flora London Marathon. It was an exciting and exhausting day - and I didn't even run 26.2 miles. It was great to be part of an event like that. My job was mainly to stand in the rain for 4 hours, waving the Leukaemia Care banner and encouraging people who ran for us to come to the party. It was cold and damp but also amazingly uplifting to see all these people who've raised so much money for good causes. All but twelve of Leukaemia Care's runners finished, and there are pictures on their website I'm afraid to say it might have inspired me - not to run a marathon, God really didn't design me for that, but 5K - that's not so far..............!