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After some much publicised recent health problems I've signed up for the Hull 10k, taking place on Father's Day, in June. I aim to complete it via a mixture of walk, run & wobble.

I've been taking training seriously, as you can imagine, & have even arranged some warm weather training in Gran Canaria for next week.

In order to keep me enthused, focused & motivated I've been raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) via my Just Giving page. It's a charity close to my heart & one that has been embraced previously by the Hull City family after the Josh Fell tragedy a few years ago. CRY are an excellent charity that helps young people & their families deal with all cardiac conditions. They reduce the number of sudden cardiac deaths, support young people with life threatening cardiac conditions, fund screening programmes & medical research as well as offering bereavement support to families.

If you would like to help motivate me you can do so by making a donation using the link below. If you're not able to make a donation please feel free to feed my enthusiasm with cake & beer.

Thanks for reading, any donations given & any kind advice that I'm sure you'd like to give.


https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ben-Buttle

 

Gave a tenner, good luck Ben.

 

I ran the London Marathon on Sunday, best advice I can give is that if you're moving forward you're going in the right direction.

Still plenty of time to train, if the race is 10k I'd advise getting to 8 or ideally 9 in your training. Although I'm not very fast I do a fair bit of running so let me know any particular advice you'd like and am happy to share my experience.

As an aside I think I terrified a spectator on Sunday by bellowing "COMONYOULL" at them as I ran past and saw them waving a City flag.

 

Thank you Lewis

 

Happy to weigh in Sir Ben, good effort mate

 

Congratulations on completing the Marathon, a great achievement!

Thanks for your advice, no doubt I''ll ask more nearer to the race.

I'm managing 4k on a 3 minute split of walking/running. I've had diffficulty shifting weight, still 19 stone, so don't want to knack my knees beforehand. I'm spending a lot of time building up my stamina on the cross trainer at the gym which I was told isn't too bad for the knees & run:walking twice a week. After the holiday I plan to pick up an extra kilometre a week until the race.

I will finish it.

 

Cheers Kemps

 

Extra km a week sounds sensible - the only times I've got injured is when I've tried to build up distance too fast / too soon. You may already be following one but those couch to 10k apps are good.

Good on you and good luck!

 

I'm on the next island to gran canaria now and it's pissing down hence why I'm on here seeing what you cockwombles are up to. Good luck with it all.

 

Is there anyone else on here who isn't abroad somewhere?

 

Me. Unfortunately.

 

Warm rain is preferable to the cold hail & snow we're getting.

 

I'm on la palma doing the route of the volcanoes but not today weather and cloud too low it's like ****ing Lancashire ugghhh

 

19 Stone? Built for speed SCB. I'll chip in later today.

 

Yeah, but was in Italy up until Saturday. Some **** managed to clone my credit card and the kids picked up a sickness bug. More fun than you can shake a stick at

 

I'm coming to watch. I'll be bringing my wheel barrer you'll make it mate.



Or possibly my trailer if you don't shed some quick

 

Tenner from me, Fatty.

 

Cheers GLP, much appreciated.

 

Cheers Stanners, much appreciated!

 

Nice words of encouragement