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Charlotte and Mikey

Manchester Half Marathon 2024

Help me reach my goal of £500

We’re fundraising for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Mikey and Charlotte are taking part in the Manchester Half Marathon 2024 on Sunday 13 October to raise vital funds for the DofE charity helping to tranform the lives of young people through The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

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£500

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My Updates

Champions!

Monday 14th Oct
We did it!

2 running vests and our kit is now complete!

Wednesday 9th Oct
We bought one and loved it, so now the second one is on its way in time for Sunday. Thank you to ArcticFit!

Bibs are here!

Wednesday 9th Oct

Thank you to all of the sponsorship this week!

Tuesday 8th Oct

Pre-work run

Tuesday 8th Oct
Easy 6km - testing out my new Lululemon shorts. My first time wearing Lululemon (apart from their running bobbles) and the comfort and breathability was fantastic. I think I will wear these on Sunday. Mikey has his lululemon shorts on too, he’s had them for a few months and loves the compression liner and outer layer for warmth.

Thank you so much to Strike!

Tuesday 8th Oct
One of our sponsors sent us some extra hydration to help with our training preparation, thank you! Strike is our trusted brand of choice for electrolytes and we couldn’t recommend them more highly - the taste is amazing and the ingredients are all beneficial.

The last parkrun before the big day!

Monday 7th Oct
We will go on Saturday 12th, but we will probably volunteer or do a slow run, saving all that energy for the event on Sunday

Fundraising update

Monday 7th Oct
Thanks so much for all of the donations received so far. It’s 6 days now until the event and we’re very excited!

Running tops

Tuesday 1st Oct

The countdown is on, and look what has arrived!

Tuesday 1st Oct
14 days to go and our DofE tops have arrived!! It’s so exciting!

Running shades and nasal tapes - a godsend!

Friday 27th Sep
Thanks to HYSTRIDE and NightBoss respectively

New race socks!

Thursday 26th Sep

25/50th runs

Thursday 26th Sep
This weekend we celebrated Parkrun milestone runs - 25 for Mikey and 50 for Charlotte.  These weekly 5km races now feels like a tiny drop in the ocean compared to our half marathon training. We treated ourselves to Volt socks to match our racing shoes because, if you’re going to run, why not do it in style?! 

The excitement is really starting to pick up now for the big day, only two weeks to go to our FIRST EVER half marathon. 

When I think of how far we’ve come it’s incredible what we’re going to do; I’ve ran sporadically for a year because I felt I should, and Mikey was brand new to runnjng for 2024 (he ran with me on my 25th parkrun as a surprise). 

Since we started running together we’ve both found a new passion and can definitely say that we love running.  The shared determination to be the best version of ourselves has been really transformative too, not least for a positive mindset and wellbeing. Not to mention we’ve learnt so much (cadence, form, gait, even types of runs - tempo, vo2 max 🤯🤯🤯). It’s not a simple as one foot in front of the other, that’s for sure! 

We can’t wait to run this epic distance together in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh charity. Helping children to have hobbies and skills, keeping them safe and off the streets and showing them their potential is something close to our hearts. 

Now, time for a ‘recovery’ run 🤣

Thank you to my Sponsors

£53

Strike

£50

Mum & Dad

What a fantastic challenge - so proud. Good luck on the big day! Xx

£40

Charlotte Goonan

£25

Hana Gwyn

Good luck you two - the only ones I’ve seen running with a smile on your face and look like you’re enjoying it! Go well xx

£25

Jane Goonan

Smash it you two and have loads of fun! ❤️

£23.32

Damien Robson

Good luck

£23.32

Anonymous

£21.20

Nicky Rabbani

Hi Charlotte - Wishing you the very best of luck for your run ! Best .. Nicky

£20

Hystride

£15

Amy, Jon And Jacob

Good Luck Guys! 💕

£10.60

Stephen Newton (gld)

Good luck Mikey and Charlotte

£10.60

Suzanne & Liam

Well done guys! Xx

£10

Danni Moran

Great work guys 💪 It's very good that you are educated on cadence and form and running styles. I speak to runners alot who've ran for years and years and they've no idea about all that stuff !

£10

Caio 🐶

Last Boost this morning whilst I’m on my morning run around…🔥 Thank you for looking after me and hope I was a good training partner last week 🐾 🐶 🐾🥰🐾 xxx

£10

Maeve Gld

Well done Charlotte!

£5

Catherine Smith

Good luck, both of you!

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