Bath Half Marathon (Update #3)

Thursday 21st January (17km in just over 1hr17mins)

"You don't need to get the bus, you can run". That's what the bus driver said to me after I jumped on the bus absolutely shattered. His comment was obviously innocent but I wasn't really in a mood for jokes! I had just ran 17km (the longest distance so far) in a time I'm really happy with and despite not really wanting to run at all, I quite enjoyed it. I no longer get awful blisters even though they are more like massive bruises now and it was a beautiful sunset over the hills surrounding Bath whilst out on the run. As I am only 4.1km off of the half marathon distance, today has been a very successful day!

Thank you to everyone that has already donated and to the anonymous donor, I still really appreciate it even though I will probably never know who you are (despite the rather cryptic clue). If you just want to be anonymous to everyone else, I would love you to get in contact with me privately so I can thank you! All donations really do help people overcome probably the most trivialised disorder in the world of mental health.

A friend of mine, Richard, shared his story and I think it does a tremendous job of helping everyone understand OCD, be that someone with first hand experience of it or not. (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/ocd-sufferer-refused-leave-upstairs-7197614).

Bath Half Marathon (Update #2)

Hey everyone! I have decided to only log my long runs as I run short distances 2-4 times a week.

Tuesday 12th January (Over 15km in under 1hr12mins)

I may have blisters almost the length of my foot (not nice!) but I am very happy with my time! I feel like I should definitely be able to get under 2 hours which would be amazing. I have found that running with music can really help as my mind gets taken off of the running aspect. As it is exam time, I may be quite poor at keeping this updated but I will try.

In the meantime, enjoy this wonderfully blurry photo of me in my running stuff. Thanks to Chris and Han Van Reen for giving me the running tights and Hi-vis top (not pictured) for Christmas.

Bath Half Marathon 2016

Hi everyone!

I am going to be running the Bath Half Marathon for OCD Action on the 13th March. I have a fundraising page over at www.virginmoneygiving.com/dean_breed and your support would be greatly appreciated. To keep you all updated with my progress, I thought I'd start a blog. I will try to keep it as interesting as possible but who knows what it will end up like?! I apologise for the awful training schedule as it will be hit and miss until after exams.

2/12/15 - I went for a run around Bath and completed about 9.5km in just under 49 minutes including a run up Bathwick Hill (if anyone knows this hill, it is a very steep and I'm convinced it never ends!). I was very pleased with this considering I hadn't run a long distance since being at uni and my diet has been woeful. I thought pasta would get boring but apparently not...

21/12/15 - 10km along Canal Tow Path in 48:30. The path was a bit muddy and the weather was awful but that is the best time to run. I was a bit disappointed with this but I'm sure I will improve over time!

25/12/15 (Yes, you read correctly - I ran on Christmas Day) - 10km in 46:30. I cut down my time by two minutes so I assume I paced myself much better! Going for one run does cancel out all the food and drink I eat over Christmas right? Thought so!