Letterkenny, Lorraine and a little bit of motivation

There are a few things that popped into my mind for this blog entry, so here they go:

North West 10k Charity Race and Walk
Sunday May 3rd is the date for this years North West 10k Charity Race and Walk in Letterkenny.
You can enter online (http://www.northwest10k.com/) or on the day and the fee for registering is €10.
If you are walking or running in Letterkenny on the Bankholiday weekend - let us know how you get on.

Lorraine Keane
With Lorraine being in the news recently, I realised that I never gave you guys the link to the article on our website 'Lorraine Keane to run Mini Marathon for World Vision Ireland'.
So here you go: http://www.worldvision.ie/server.php?show=nav.1378

A little bit of motivation
And finally I wanted to share two running quotes with you that I really liked:
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." - Oprah Winfrey

Last chance to enter!

Today is the closing date to register for the Flora Women's Mini Marathon 2009.

Without registering you won't be able to join the race on June Bankholiday Monday and we'd really like to share the experience with you - So get your skates on, or better said your mouse into action and click on https://www.womensminimarathon.ie/registration/enter_step1.asp to register online!

Here just some quick notes on the registration process:

- Age Limit: Participants must be at least 14 on Mini Marathon Day.
- There is no need to mention that you are part of Team World Vision Ireland on you registration page.
- Once you have registered contact us for a fundraising pack, just post a comment here, email ireland@wvi.org or call 01 498 0800.

And don't forget you can fundraise online with Mycharity.ie. Read more about it our website or follow this link to Mycharity.ie.

Ryan Hall running Boston Marathon for World Vision

Top US marathon runner and Team World Vision Boston member, Ryan Hall, is running the Boston Marathon today.

Hall is trying to become the first American to win the Boston marathon since 1983, when Greg Meyer won the Patriot Day race.

In this video, he and his runner wife, Sarah , talk about how their recent trip to Zambia with World Vision affected them personally and helped inspire their running. It’s well worth a look.

Good luck Ryan !

Only 4 days left to enter

So I made a good start earlier this week and managed to walk all the way home (about 6km), I felt good and was ready to do it all again…and then the rain came! Here’s to wrapping up properly in decent rain gear over the weekend and getting out there – if you see a distressed lady, gasping for air around the greater Clontarf area over the weekend…show a little sympathy :-) Actually, join me! No more excuses, lets get training!

If you haven’t registered yet, we can’t urge you enough to get online as soon as possible! Registrations are closing on Tuesday and we are pretty sure that like last year, the numbers will fill up even a little earlier then that! Here’s the link:

https://www.womensminimarathon.ie/registration/enter_step1.asp

And don’t forget to call us (01-4980800 or lo-call 1850 366 283), once you’ve registered so we can send you out your fundraising pack with the team t-shirt!

Have a great training weekend!

Evening Herald - Last chance to get an entry form today

The entry form in the Evening Herald is printed for the last time today.
So if you prefer to sign up using the form & post rather than the online application form make sure you get your hands on a copy today and send it in straight away!