Clair DOES Snowdon #bucketlistchallenge

I declared to myself that this year would be my awesome forty year to mark my 40th birthday and that I would do all the things I previously thought I couldn't do or was too afraid to do. This includes Snowdonia marathon. The first year I signed up to Snowdonia I lost momentum after my spring marathon and didn't train through the summer so dropped out as I wasn't fit enough. The second year I entered I psyched myself out and it became this huge stress monster than was hanging over me, so I sold my place. Snowdonia Marathon - "the hardest marathon in Europe" I WILL NOT CHICKEN OUT THIS TIME. After a few tough months, going back to work after maternity leave and some awful family stuff, I've been crippled by anxiety and paralysed by exhaustion. I'm not feeling very awesome at all. But I will not lose this marathon. I will not give up on that. I still have time to turn it around. I don't want to win it, I just want to have the balls to turn up and I want to finish it. I will not panic about the fact that's it's ten weeks away. I will not try to make up for lost weeks. I will be realistic about what I can do and I will be at the bloody start line in October. This race is on my bucket list so while I'm at it I'm going to try to raise funds for Care & Repair Cymru as part of their Bucket List Challenge.