Hi Everyone!

I thought I would write a short summary to let you all know how my running is going.

Well... its going great! I have been able to run consistently throughout January which was my goal! I managed to run every second day through the month. This was important to create a routine and also to be strict with myself. I actually looked forward to running every day and immediately started to feel the benefits of it and fitter!

February came around before I even know it and so it was time to up my game and my weekday short runs of 3miles (5km) to start off my base level fitness had to increase. I decided for now 4 miles is good, its around a 40-45 minute run which is do-able and I can start to play around with further distances when it becomes a bit lighter in the mornings. It is still quite dark when I set out however is coming light by the end of the run which is great!

My weekend long runs I have also increased and today I ran 10 miles, I have never ever run so far at the start of training which means that I do have fitness there and can improve greatly I hope!!

I felt fine and my body was strong, my legs were loose and I was running well. The only problem was the weather but I can live with that, as long as my feet and legs are working hard then it doesn't matter.

I have been so overwhelmed by the generosity of people who have been kind enough to donate to the fundraising page! Today it went over £700 and I still have months to go, this is what keeps me motivated as I know how much this will help so many cats at the Torre Argentina. They are so worthy of this money and every penny is for them!I am so honoured to be able to run for them and even more so to honour Gianburrasca's life in a way that I know how. To run. Simply run.

There are so many kind hearted people in the world and I am so happy to have become friends with so many of them and it makes me feel part of something great and good, to know people who are like minded and who all want the same thing, its truly inspiring! And of course as I always say the world is small when we have technology! We can do anything we put our minds to.

So thank you for the support and encouragement, its always helpful to me and you never know when it might be needed the most, on a hard day, or a sad day a kind word goes a long way.

The donations make this all worthwhile and I thank every one of you! The cats are going to be so happy.

I will update another soon and until then I will just keep on running.

All my love and never ending thanks

Fiona xxxxx