I honestly don't know whether I'm accident prone, unlucky or my body has some kind conspiracy against me. I'm guessing it's the first, but no guarantees.
No sooner as I signed my name on the (digital) dotted line for the half marathon and good cause bit I so lovingly blogged about Monday, than I manage to injure myself! I'd been playing 5 a side for what must've been 35 or 40 seconds when I get a pain in my right thigh. No, that can't be great I thought, but I carried on and before I knew it kicking the damn thing became a remarkably sore experience. That's right, I'd done a muscle in my thigh. Highly annoying! I played on, but with little ability to kick, run or stick my leg out you can imagine how useful I was.
You think my body has some kind of problem with me becoming fitter. It felt the cardio about to be pushed and went, "Screw that fat boy, you aint taking my McDonalds off me." I would like to reassure my body, the McDonalds will be a constant, although overtaken in the preference scale by a Dominos American hot with no onion and extra pepperoni. mmmmmmmmmmmm
It's only now the second day and the pain is better and I'm already not walking like quite the weirdo I was yesterday, I honestly think I'll be fit to go back to the gym on the weekend, but it's still annoying as it's put me behind where I wanted to be before I've even started.
I've got 4 months and I'm not exactly starting from scratch so I think I'll be OK. But if this happened just at the wrong moment, what's going to happen next? It's been a few years since I broke anything... I'm sure it'll be fine.
Regardless of no training I am today going to start my fundraising efforts in earnest. I'll start with work. Generally people in work with me a good people and generous ones too, I'm hoping that has continued into the current questionable economic climate. They should be used to me by now by generally do 1 charity thing a year, such as the Excalibur Challenge last year in which me n 3 others raised £1,300 or so for Velindre. I'm not going to manage that solo obviously, but its good as it shows I can do it.
I'm not sure whether to stick to, 'will you please sponsor me' stuff or expand a little. In that £1,300 was the proceeds from a quiz night, once again much harder to do anything with solo than with 4, but if I ask nice maybe they'll help!
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Friday, 11 March 2011
Red Nose Day
It's a strange strange day Red Nose Day. I generally find any kind of telethon marathon television program to be a slight chore, but i watch them, occasionally donate. I've even manned the phones for Sport Relief a few years ago (previous call centre experience) so I don't think they're an absolute waste of space.
However, I do find some of the TV slots only a fraction short of emotional blackmail. Some of the <celeb> flew out to <location> to show us the poverty people live in there. I know the poverty a good proportion of the world live in, and it's dreadful, what I don't need is Cheryl Fucking Cole or any other celebrity looking at these people with fake concern before saying that only £5 would do whatever it would do. How much did you flight cost? No doubt you're in as close to a nice hotel as the region can offer, how much is that costing. How's about you stay sat in Geordie land (or 14" up Simon Cowells arse), get someone local people to take the footage, and use the money you wasted getting there looking for some easy publicity towards whatever you're appealing for?
These days also bring out the everyone raise money spirit in offices. No doubt when I go in tomorrow there'll be people in 'funny' wigs, dressed up, offering to have bits of them shaved by their line managers. The money raised is once again all good, but it's always the same old same old techniques and usually in constant streams all day. One maybe two gets something, but when you're saying 'sorry no change' to the 5th person and getting stinking looks, it's just not nice!!!
The looking for publicity things cascades down the ranks too, from celebs down to local level. You can be fairly certain that the people doing the tired fundraising techniques in you're local whatever will be the ones who consider themselves a bit outgoing, consider themselves a bit of a joker, they'll take the chance to confirm this belief to everyone who will listen. Luckily the good cause can only benefit form this, I've never known anyone make a loss!
Some highlights already I've been told to expect are Chris Moyles on radio 1 all day? I'd pay good money if he'd bugger off and never grace the radio again. To be honest ofr all it means to me now, I could easily say that about Radio 1 as a unit. I just see the station as a stream of ego heavy presenters, playing generally shite music. Maybe it's my age.
I wish Red Nose Day as a whole the best of course and hope it raises however much money it needs to for whoever deserves it. But I really don't fancy having it shoved down my throat. Anyway, to bed.
However, I do find some of the TV slots only a fraction short of emotional blackmail. Some of the <celeb> flew out to <location> to show us the poverty people live in there. I know the poverty a good proportion of the world live in, and it's dreadful, what I don't need is Cheryl Fucking Cole or any other celebrity looking at these people with fake concern before saying that only £5 would do whatever it would do. How much did you flight cost? No doubt you're in as close to a nice hotel as the region can offer, how much is that costing. How's about you stay sat in Geordie land (or 14" up Simon Cowells arse), get someone local people to take the footage, and use the money you wasted getting there looking for some easy publicity towards whatever you're appealing for?
These days also bring out the everyone raise money spirit in offices. No doubt when I go in tomorrow there'll be people in 'funny' wigs, dressed up, offering to have bits of them shaved by their line managers. The money raised is once again all good, but it's always the same old same old techniques and usually in constant streams all day. One maybe two gets something, but when you're saying 'sorry no change' to the 5th person and getting stinking looks, it's just not nice!!!
The looking for publicity things cascades down the ranks too, from celebs down to local level. You can be fairly certain that the people doing the tired fundraising techniques in you're local whatever will be the ones who consider themselves a bit outgoing, consider themselves a bit of a joker, they'll take the chance to confirm this belief to everyone who will listen. Luckily the good cause can only benefit form this, I've never known anyone make a loss!
Some highlights already I've been told to expect are Chris Moyles on radio 1 all day? I'd pay good money if he'd bugger off and never grace the radio again. To be honest ofr all it means to me now, I could easily say that about Radio 1 as a unit. I just see the station as a stream of ego heavy presenters, playing generally shite music. Maybe it's my age.
I wish Red Nose Day as a whole the best of course and hope it raises however much money it needs to for whoever deserves it. But I really don't fancy having it shoved down my throat. Anyway, to bed.
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