Many thanks to Coleman for their generous donation and getting the ball rolling!
I'm up to 15 k in the training, but the going is hard. With the hot weather I have been training in the gym (air conditioning) but any thing over 4o minutes is very boring.
To help with training I intend to do a half marathon in September so if you fancy joining me or know of any good ones please give me a shout.
To help raise money for Railway Children I have with the help of kelly arranged a charity golf day on 27th September at Lullinstone Park Golf Club. For breakfast, golf and dinner at the bargin price of £45. I am looking for support on the day and sponsorship of the prizes and par three's.
See you all again in a few weeks.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Bluewater 10K Run, 14th June 2009
Why you might ask is Simon Adamson doing the marathon. Well there are two main reasons.
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Following the Osborne Rail Christmas Party my wife commented one of my colleagues said they thought I had put a lot of weight on since joining Osborne and they were concerned about my health. Also over the Christmas break my mum gave me my annual dressing down, that people of my size where prone to diabetes. So that spurred me on to my first challenge. I gave up drinking alcohol for a month; the only thing is I forgot to start again. So far its 5 months and 16 days since I have had an alcoholic drink. After about 2 months of not drinking I started to do a bit of exercise. This really started off by giving Kelly-Ann Ee and the girls some support and joining them on a training session for the three peaks.
So what’s the second reason I hear you all asking. Well being a health and safety manager its easy to measure what we do for safety, so this started my mind working on a project to encourage my colleagues in the Rail sector to improve they health. I put a proposal to the Rail Managing Director Mike Cocks with various activities culminating with me doing the London Marathon for Railway Children, (unfortunately he agreed).
So here I am just completed my first race- the Bluewater 10k run organised by He Runs She Runs (contrary to rumour this wasn’t chasing my wife around the shops!). It just had to be one of the first hot days of summer, and I managed it in 58 mins. This is less than 25% of a Marathon, so more training needed for me!
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Following the Osborne Rail Christmas Party my wife commented one of my colleagues said they thought I had put a lot of weight on since joining Osborne and they were concerned about my health. Also over the Christmas break my mum gave me my annual dressing down, that people of my size where prone to diabetes. So that spurred me on to my first challenge. I gave up drinking alcohol for a month; the only thing is I forgot to start again. So far its 5 months and 16 days since I have had an alcoholic drink. After about 2 months of not drinking I started to do a bit of exercise. This really started off by giving Kelly-Ann Ee and the girls some support and joining them on a training session for the three peaks.
So what’s the second reason I hear you all asking. Well being a health and safety manager its easy to measure what we do for safety, so this started my mind working on a project to encourage my colleagues in the Rail sector to improve they health. I put a proposal to the Rail Managing Director Mike Cocks with various activities culminating with me doing the London Marathon for Railway Children, (unfortunately he agreed).
So here I am just completed my first race- the Bluewater 10k run organised by He Runs She Runs (contrary to rumour this wasn’t chasing my wife around the shops!). It just had to be one of the first hot days of summer, and I managed it in 58 mins. This is less than 25% of a Marathon, so more training needed for me!
So far I have lost 2 ½ stones! But for those of you who have tried a Wii fit I’m still obese!
About the Railway Children
The Railway Children makes contact with runaway and abandoned children as they arrive at railway stations, when they are most at risk from adult exploitation. By joining with other street children projects, it provides the children with protection and support through counselling, education, healthcare, shelter and friendship.
Having worked in India, the UK, East Africa, Russia and Latin America, the Railway Children have been reaching out to street children around the world for more than a decade.
Find out more about their work on: http://www.railwaychildren.org.uk/
Charity Registration No 1058991
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