Forrest Gump and Barbara Windsor?

So the Oldacre girls have finally hit the 5 mile milestone!  Well, to be fair, I ran 0.1 mile short and Emma ran 0.1 over, but that's close enough.  I went out last week in a very shortlived moment of decent weather.  Accompanied by Nick's Ipod and a very eclectic selection of tunes, I ran through Anna Valley, Upper Clatford and Abbotts Ann.  Thinking Nick's music choices would inspire and motivate me in an 'eye of the tiger' kind of way, I was somewhat surprised to be plodding along to 'Song Sung Blue' (Neil Diamond) and 'Day time friends and night time lovers' (Kenny Rogers) but as the Ipod was stuffed down the back of my trousers it was too much trouble to change the track. So I just kept on running, as Forrest Gump said, and before I knew it I had notched up nearly 5 miles.

Emma on other hand was not blessed with the good weather, and ran this morning in constant precipitation.  Emma's route took her through town and this time along the ring roads, and despite a slight navigational issue (!) she too managed to complete 5 miles, the farthest both of us have run since doing the Tidworth 10km (don't mention the hill...) back in 2008.  Unfortunately by the time Emma arrived home she looked like a Carry On character taking part in a wet t-shirt competition, but hey, she made it.

We've had our fair share of hecklers during our runs as well, and as I ran through the Asda car park one dark Friday evening (what was I thinking?!) one very polite hooded young male even shouted '"Run Forrest Run"!  I guess it could have been worse!

Hopefully our Team Tonia runners will be able to bring along some hecklers, I mean supporters, on Race Days, and with the help of our Team Tonia banner I think we should create quite a presence.  But we still need more runners, so please spread the word and try to encourage all your female family and friends to join us, either walking or running, to make our Team bigger and more able to exceed our sponsorship target.

Kate - 29th April 2012