Yesterday I hurried home knowing that the results of the ballot for a place in the Virgin London Marathon for 2011 were out. Half nervous, half scared and if there had been another half I would have been half excited too.
As soon as I walked through the post and saw a bulky package in my mailbox I knew that the VLM had cruelly rejected me. Sadly this winter I will not be getting up at 7am on Sunday mornings to run through giant puddles, avoiding the remains of London's Saturday nightlife. Yes, I'm a bit down but looking forward to the lie ins a head.
Last year I ran for Relate, a brilliant charity which supports people to have healthy relationships with workshops, counselling and online advice and guidance. 150,000 people use Relate every year and let's face it everyone has a relationship and sometimes the help of someone who is not in your family or a close friend can make all the difference and prevent a lot of heartache. At its worst relationship breakdown can lead to homelessness, debt, depression and children in pain because their families have been torn apart.
Relate doesn't have a charity place for the Virgin London Marathon this year but they would love to have some people who have won ballot places to run for them.
If you are one of those lucky runners who have a ballot place for 2011 and would like to run for Relate please email fundraising@relate.org.uk
They would love to hear from you!
