Join me in honouring the memory of AlisonM in the Southampton Half Marathon

[Northerner]

Sorry have I missed the link to the Justgiving page? I sadly never got the chance to converse with Allison so I don't have any quotes for you, but would like to make a donation to the fundraising page.

Here is the link @Grannylorraine 🙂

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rememberingAlly

 

[Grannylorraine]

Thank you

 

[Northerner]

Many thanks to everyone who has donated! £250! 🙂

 

[KookyCat]

I've only just realised I haven't added my words so I'd like to add
Beautiful, fierce, tenacious, nail polish, yarn and crochet 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Just a short 5K+ this morning 🙂 Very pleasantly mild, dry and a gentle breeze - Spring is on the way! 🙂 Legs were still a bit tired from Sunday's run. Possibly my last run needing a head torch as it was starting to get light by the time I got back, and the birds were a-twittering! 🙂

 

[Ditto]

Is it Paypal? I'm okay working that...

 

[robert@fm]

Has anyone suggested "rolly" or "rollator" yet? Alison's getting one and posting how much it helped is what inspired me to get one. 🙂 Best £75 I ever spent...

 

[Northerner]

Has anyone suggested "rolly" or "rollator" yet? Alison's getting one and posting how much it helped is what inspired me to get one. 🙂 Best £75 I ever spent...

Yes, it's on there @robert@fm 🙂 I actually met Rolly last year in Glasgow, and very stylish he was too! 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Is it Paypal? I'm okay working that...

Hi @Ditto, yes, you can donate using Paypal 🙂

 

[robert@fm]

The target is now £350!

Do the JustGiving rules state that no more donations will be accepted after the target is reached? I hope not...

 

[Northerner]

The target is now £350!

Do the JustGiving rules state that no more donations will be accepted after the target is reached? I hope not...

No, extra donations are allowed, i fact I'm not sure if there's actually a limit when you read about some of the headline reports where a page/cause has gone viral. They recommend that you raise your target if it has been achieved with a while to go before the event as it sometimes stops people from donating if they see the target has already been reached. The psychology of fundraising 🙄

The Diabetes Fairy has suggested I post this picture of Rolly, for those who might not know what we are referring to

 

[Northerner]

Well, the half marathon is just four weeks today! 😱 I missed a little bit of training over the past week, but it doesn't appear to have affected me too badly - went out this morning and managed 7.47 miles in 1hr 8mins, so just under 6 miles short. Felt quite comfortable at the pace 🙂 It was very cool, and a bit blowy, with very bright sunshine before the end 🙂


I'm going to try and get the tshirt sorted in the next couple of days, and will hopefully be able to give anyone coming to the Southampton Forum Meet a preview 🙂 I'll post pictures here too 🙂

Here's the fundraising link again, if anyone would still like to contribute:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rememberingAlly

 

[Bloden]

Oh bother! which was Ali's favourite way of describing her lovely brother.

I think that's my fav AlisonM-ism - "my wee bother". I'm always telling people I've got 2 older 'bothers' - makes me chuckle.😛

 

[Northerner]

This is the initial design for the word clooud. It turns out that I don't have a lot of control over how it appears or what weighting is given to particular words, but I think it works quite well:

 

[Northerner]

Lovely morning for a run - Spring has arrived (still a bit dark when I set off at 6:15, though! 🙂) A swift 10k, which is just under half of a half marathon - just over 3 weeks to go! 😱 I've no doubt I'll be able to do the full distance though 🙂

 

[pottersusan]

I like the word cloud. Good luck for the day.

 

[Northerner]

Only 3 weeks to go! 😱 But looking good 🙂 Had originally intended to run 10 miles this morning, but felt fine at 8 miles so decided to take a longer route home. I suppose I could have thrown in the extra mile, but hey - I wouldn't have got a medal for it, and better to keep up the suspense for the 'big day' 🙂

Good day for a run - nice and cool. Ran at 'race pace' - a pace I would hope to sustain for the half marathon in 3 weeks time. Given that this was only a mile shy, I think I will have no problems 🙂 Looks like a sub-2 hours might be an impossible dream though, this pace would put me at 2:02:55 😱 BG before 6.2, had a gel at 9 miles and BG after was 6.4 🙂

 

[Northerner]

I've ordered the tshirt 🙂 Not sure if it will arrive in time for the Southampton Meet as they have given a 5 day delivery time 😱

Here's what it looks like - Front:



Back - has a word cloud of all the member names of people who sent their condolences:

 

[grovesy]

Hope it arrives in time for the run.

 

[Northerner]

Hope it arrives in time for the run.

It should do, there's nearly 3 weeks to go 🙂 Was hoping to get it before Saturday though - might still do! 🙂