June...Action Month for Fifo

Update on training for Hell and Back...I’m injured! So once again my running has diminished into a poor excuse of a shuffle...but this will not stop me! To make matters worse, my Hell and Back partner (brother-in-law/ best friend) Ciaran has destroyed his hamstring. Again, we are worth more than this and whether we walk, crawl or stumble, we will complete Ireland’s toughest 10km.

It looks as though I may not make my now unrealistic target of completing the course in one hour, however, I am going to use this course as training for October. Ciaran and I have signed up to the next three Hell and Back races – all for Fiona – and a bit of fun too (torture included).

So as it happens, June has turned into Action Month for Fifo with atleast one of Fiona's friends or family members taking part in an event during each weekend of the month. 

The first weekend of June sees Fiona's good friend Lisa McConnell from B&Q taking part in the Race for Life at Stormont. Our good friend Geraldine is then taking part in the Larne Half Marathon on Saturday 8^th June (which she is going to absolutely dominate). Me and my good friends Jeni and Nichola Casey, along with Ciaran and his friend Dave will be attempting (I mean smashing) Hell and Back in County Wicklow on Sunday 16^th June. The following week, Cormac (6ft 4 sidekick/ boyfriend) and I will be joining my dad on one of his lengthy cycle excursions An Post Tour de Burren in County Clare (void of any cycling training). And for the final weekend in June, my dad (at 63 years of age) is participating in the Co-Operation Ireland Maracycle. He takes to the pedals on Saturday 29th June, cycling from Belfast to Dublin and back again on Sunday. Good grief, what a man. I’m quite tempted myself, but I shall wait and see what my walking skills (let alone cycling skills) are like following the County Clare cycle.

Wish us luck!

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