Am finding this quite a tricky pastime! Especially along with the logistics involved with selecting and entering 12 marathons. Then there is the travel, especially when you live on an Island, where to stay. Oh, and I guess it would be good to fit some training in as well!

I found pre-Christmas, when I took on the challenge a bit of a write off. Most people are focused on Christmas, and then of course comes the long slog through January without any wages.

I have spent that time focusing on some fundraising events which I hope will get me a long way towards the target.

Here are the events I’ve been planning that hopefully will come off…

A couple of parties. I put on some food / cocktails and entertainment, my guests make a donation. Everyone is a winner hopefully, I raise some money, we all have a good time!

A Race Night. This is aimed at a different group of friends. At a pub, again hopefully we raise a few pounds whilst having a good time.

I’m awaiting confirmation on a treadmill run at a local supermarket. I will run something like a marathon distance on the treadmill, hopefully with my kids doing some bucket shaking.

Probably the biggest event, is a Frolic run that I have organised. This is a fun run, staged over 5 hours, with a choice of laps to choose from. People choose which laps, so it is completely flexible. Some people might come and run 4 or 5 miles, some might run a marathon. I am expecting a few people to use it as a marathon prep run. I was a bit shocked by this event, as I did the groundwork, launched it as an event on Facebook, and within a day or 2 it had 250 people interested!

Throughout all these events, I will sell tickets to my prize draw. I’ve been very lucky in that businesses I’m friendly with have agreed to put up some brilliant prizes. We have Festival Tickets, Shop Vouchers, Beauty Vouchers, Tickets to the Racing and lots more.

Hopefully with all these things put together, we might be getting close!