I just thought I'd give you a cheeky little update on how my challenges are coming along as well as some future fun I have to look forward to!
Open Mic Challenge -
My lovely friend Lynne has given me a HUGE list of potential venues which is amazing, so now I just need to get my act together - literally!
I dug out my old school Yamaha keyboard and after a slightly distracted 5 minutes of playing monkey noises and elephant sounds I decided I should really learn to play an actual proper song, that people would actually want to listen to.
Now part of my problem is that I no longer remember how to read sheet music, nor do I own any music which would be suitable for this event, so my efforts so far have been a bit maverick to say the least! Mainly me listening to things on my iPod and trying to copy them bit by bit, and I've actually managed to get to the end of a song so far. The playing and singing at the same time thing is quite tricky though, I can only equate it to trying to pat my head and rub my tummy at the same time - does not compute! But I'm happy that if I keep practising I'll get there in some form!
And worse comes to worst I'll just play chopsticks and press start on the demo version of Little Brown Jug and we can have a good boogie!
Run Pickle Run -
I also have a pretty monumental challenge coming up which I haven't told you about yet! I've only gone and got myself signed up to do the Great North Run (shock, horror)! Now I actually started training for this back in March/April time, but I didn't want to shout about it too much at the time as I wasn't sure whether it was something I could physically do, I haven't ran since school and even then I didn't particularly enjoy it!
I've tried to stick at it, fit as many little runs in as usual with a big run at the weekend, which is all well and good except when I first started running my muscles would ache for days making it difficult to keep the momentum going. Now I seem to be at the opposite end of the spectrum, my stamina has improved, I can run more than a few feet without dying on my ass, but the training seems to be taking its toll, especially on my poor knees! It's got to the point where I can keep going, I'm happy to run and run as long as I have my iPod on me, but my knees seem to have other ideas!
This presents somewhat of a challenge in itself, as I only have 8 weeks to go until the big day where I'm expected to run 13 miles and at the moment I've had to force myself to rest after my last 5 and a half mile run left me in a knee brace walking like a pirate. I know, it's a good look!
Not looking good but I won't give up just yet, especially as I'm doing this for a cause which is very close to my heart, and people have started to sponsor me!
Speaking of which, if anyone would like to sponsor me for running 13 miles like a pirate please feel free, all donations are appreciated, just visit my sponsorship page here.
I'll keep you posted on how everything goes :)
Becky x
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