London Marathon for The Seafarers' Charity

April update

Thanks to all supporting Seafarers Charity! We have almost 700GBP!!!!

Weight:    93.2 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       101cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Dec:                    123 km

Total dist run in preparations:    642,84 km

Time left:   3 weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Comments:

Tough month as I was struggling with cold and som other bugs ;/ I still managed to do my longest run in my life - 30km :) So I am optimistic about the DAY :D

March update

Fundraising took a good spin this month - thanks to all supporting Seafarers Charity!

Weight:    93.2 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       101cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Dec:                    133,8 km

Total dist run in preparations:    519,84 km

Time left:   1.5 months.....

Comments:

Strong month. I made my longest run in life - 23km...  And I am still alive ;) Looskpromising for the DAY.

February update

Fundraising took a good spin this month - thanks to all supporting Seafarers Charity!

Weight:    94,0 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       103cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Dec:                    114,0 km

Total dist run in preparations:    386,04 km

Time left:   2.5 months.....

Comments:

Good progresss in January. Weight and waist going right direction. Although still behind the plan...  Weekly long runs are actually becoming really LONG. Stay strong Rob

January monthly check in

Weight:    95,5 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       105cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Dec:                    115,5 km

Total dist run in preparations:    272,04 km

Time left:   2.5 months.....

Comments:

Weight and waist going the wrong way! It must be December... Well... At least I managed to run lots of km ;) January should be a month for weight loss ( I hope ;) )

December monthly check in

Weight:    94 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       104cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Nov:                    104.1 km

Total dist run in preparations:    156,54 km

Time left:   3.5 months.....

Comments:

Strong start in November with lots of running and half marathon:) But last 10 days of Nov.... Aberdeen and offshore - all numbers bounced back. Need to work harder! And December is a difficult month....

Half Marathon - ticked off

This is it! I am running for Charity!

I'm running the London Marathon on the 21st April 2024.

I'm doing all this to raise vital funds to support The Seafarers’ Charity – helping those who work at sea and their families.

I know seafaring struggles myself and actually know them  from each angle! I worked at sea myself (for more than 12 years),  my Father and Grandfather also worked at sea  (so I know how it feels to have loved one at sea), and now I am supporting seafarers from the office role.

I have a chance to raise some money to support those in biggest need, so every donated pound counts! On the plus side, please note that bp will match every pound shared here :D  On the minus side - the longest distance I run in my life was 21.1km... So lots of hard work ahead of me !

Massive thanks for support!

November monthly check-in

Weight:    94 kg         (target 89kg)

Waist:       105cm       (target 95cm)

Best 5k:     26m15s      (Jul 23)

Best10k:    52m 50s     (Aug 23)

Best HM:   1h 54m36s (Mar 23)

Distance run in Oct:                    52.44 km

Total dist run in preparations:    52.44 km

Time left:   4.5 months.....

Comments:

This is it. I set the targets for weight and waist. Now I just have to work hard on this.... Planning to run 2 half marathons events in between, and some 10k official  runs. I also need to find some good marathon training plan... 

Good luck to me!!!