Fancy A Challenge?

9:30 Saturday morning, I was a little bit hungover and a lot tired, sat in McDonalds eating pancakes and sausage!

I got a text from my friend Helen which said, simply "Fancy a challenge?". My immediate thought was "of course", fully expecting it to be a shopping based challenge. If any of you remember my quest for a panda jumper for a friend's girlfriend ... it was for Helen. If it wasn't shopping then it'd still be something fun. Ideas for revenge on mental exes maybe.

No.

Not what I was expecting! I wasn't really sure how fit Helen was but I did know that I am not. I've lost just over a stone recently, I go the gym a bit but the closest I ever get to exercise is half hour or so at 7 kmh on the running machine. I can't jog, let alone run.

First thought was a fairly definite no, I can't do that, no way. A bit more thinking and I remembered that I have walked a half marathon before, I'm lighter and fitter now so I know I can complete it. I just don't really want to be last, if I'm going to try I need to try and do it as well as I can.

We're going to give it a go!