Well time is moving on, and the treadmill session in the Dolphin centre came round sooner than expected!!! This was our chance to promote the Poole Festival of Running event being held in Poole Park on June 6th!!

Thanks to all the smiley guys from Poole Runners setting up very early in the morning, dragging the running machine from the Dolphin swimming baths – there is no end to their talents and a challenge in itself!!!

The Born2Run Six had bagged the first six sessions on the treadmill and dead on 9.30am we were off!!! Twenty minutes of jogging each and wielding buckets to raise money for the Wishlist, with all the proceeds going towards the maternity unit and Neonatal Unit. If you closed your eyes, with the noise of all the cheering and encouragement, whistle blowing and loud halers, you could have imagined you were running the London Marathon!!!

The generosity of the general public is amazing. Donations pouring in, people bringing their loose change they had saved up to donate to the charity.

We managed to talk a lot of the youngsters into taking part in the children’s races and the fun 5k (or at least to take an application form). Hopefully they will take those forms home and talk their mates in to joining them on the day!!

With only five weeks left until the big day, training is going well. The six of us are doing well, pulling together for the training and making a real team effort!

All getting very exciting now and the good news is, that I have requested a nice dry day for all the competitors, so all looking good!!!!