CHALLENGE No 5: Nike British 10k Run

Challenge Number 5 was the British 10k Powered by Nike fuel, 

This challenge had 25,000 participants and an amazing atmosphere and even though I set of to do the race on my own I bumped in to some old friends which made the day more fun! thanks guys for letting me tag along :)


I woke up at 5am in the morning due to the fact the rain was hitting the window so heavily! I have taking part in this run before about 2 years and I was really excited about it so couldn't get back to sleep!

I decided to head of a bit early and the and was so surprised to see the train at 7.30 on Sunday morning so busy! 


After I had registered we made out way to the start line and the amount of people was crazy! Despite the rain so many people had turned up and everyone seemed very excited.  It took over 30 minutes to even reached the start line and before we did the fastest elite had already finished!


Just after I past the 9k mark I had some pains in my back and stopped for a moment at that point an amazing man came running past me and told me I could do it and he would run the rest of the way (the guy in my race time photo below) with me which he did, I really needed that last push so who ever you were.... thank you.


The run took me 1hr 6mins to complete and it was an amazing atmosphere  I would recommend this run and I can't wait to sign up for next years!




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Total raised to date £2622

Challenges completed to date

1. 26 Mile London Trek

2. 750m Eton Open Water Swim

3. 13,000ft Skydive
4. 60 (turned out to be 80) Mile Bike Ride
5. British 10k Run

Summer is coming!

Hello Everyone

The UK has been hot(ish) and Sunny for the first time this year! and doesn't it make everyone feel better!

What did you do today???

Myself? I have a massive spring clean! did about 300 loads of washing, re arranged all my draws and updated my blog! 

I am so excited about my up and coming challenges especially the skydive that is only a couple of months away! you can take a look at all 30 of my challenges here

Anyway just wanted to check in quicky!

Enjoy your week

Sarah xxx 

Skydive with Challenge 30

Challenge 30 has arranged to do a skydive in Northamptonshire and is putting together a team of people to do it with them!

Its on Sunday 20th May 2012 at Hinton Skydive Center, all you need to pay is a £30 deposit online and as long as you can raise £300 you will not have to pay another penny for this Challenge!!!

What to do next! ...

If this sounds like something you would like to do please Email me at challenge30@live.com and I can provide you with all the information and sponsor forms!

You can also look and click attend on the facebook event  to keep up to date with this event.

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My 30 Challenges!!!!

1. TBC May 2012 Superhero 5k run (no details yet, check out last years)
2. May 2012 – May 2013 Don’t eat a chocolate bar for a whole year!!
3. 13th May 2012 Crazy mud challenge
4. 20th May 2012 Skydive
5. 27th May Eton 750m open water lake swim 
6. 10th June 2012 Great Kent 60 mile bike ride
7. 8th July 2012 Windsor 1500m open water river swim
8. 12th July 2012 10k run 
9. 5th august 2012 Suffolk coast 60 mile bike ride  
10. 26th August 2012 Marlow 3k Open water river swim
11. 2nd September 2012 90 mile London bike ride
12. 9th September 2012 Spartan Run
13. 16th September 2012 HSBC dualathon
14. 19th September 2012 London to Paris bike ride
15. 28th October  2012 10 mile run
16. 3rd November 2012 Trek the great wall of China
17. January 2013 Give up alcohol for a whole month!!
18. Arrange an Abseil Event in Watford (contact me to join in, 70 people needed)
19. March 2013 Silverstone Half marathon
20. 26th April 2013 Everest base camp trek
21. 5 mile run
22. Full Marathon
23. White water rafting
24. Blowdry-athon at Clipso £15 a blowdry and all money goes to charity
25. London to Brighton Bike ride
26. Sponsored silence (trust me that’s hard for me)
27. Arrange a party for disabled children
28. Arrange a charity ball (and your all invited)
29. Midnight walk
30. Give Blood (my biggest biggest fear!)

So what do you think? do you wanna join in with any? let me know below!!!

Why am I doing this!!!

I consider myself as one of the world extremely lucky people, I was born and raised in England and have always had a world of opportunities on my door step, I consider myself lucky because there is so much suffering in the world, people suffering from malnutrition due to lack of food, no clean water to drink, no shelter, no education, woman and children suffering from abuse and simply a basic lack of human rights that every human being on the planet should be entitled to.

I sat at home wondering what I could do to make a difference in the lives of these people how I could help give people, especially children, hope. Everyone deserves hope, everyone deserves to dream and everyone deserves opportunities, I believe that providing people with their basic human rights, the right to an education, the right to eat, the right to drink clean and safe water and the right to have self-respect and to be treated respectfully by others is something that we should all work closely together to help achieve.

I decided that I would set myself a challenge to raise as much money as possible to help children suffering around the world, I came across a charity called Hope for Children that runs amazing projects around the world and I have set myself a task, it’s called Challenge 30, I am hoping that Challenge 30 will raise a substantial amount of money to help the charity Hope for Children, helping them to make a difference.

With my 30^th birthday soon approaching I have decided to dedicate my 30^th year to help children, I will be completing 30 challenges over the year including treks, runs, a skydive and facing my biggest fear amongst plenty of other crazy things in return for sponsorship for the charity Hope for Children  

Please visit my website to find out more www.challenge30.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to listen to me

Love and best wishes

Sarah xxx

I am feeling very inspired right now!

Hello My Challenge 30 friends!

Thank you for following my blog, I really want to make this thing massive so please ask your friends to follow too!!??

I went to speak to Rachel from the charity Hope for Children yesterday and to meet the rest or the gang.  What an amazing place that is, a really small charity that makes sure all of the money donated to them goes straight to the children that need it and not through the government where it can get lost, its great to meet so many people that passionate about a great cause

The second part of my day yesterday took me to Harley street to meet a fantastic lady called Linda who has agreed to help me with my biggest challenge that I have thought of so far ... to give blood!!! now I know to some of you this wouldn't sound half as frighting as to jump 10000ft out of a plane or as hard as walking all the steps involved in walking the Great wall of China! but to me its my biggest fear and not a fear a phobia!  Linda is a hypnotherapist and she said she thinks she will be able to help me get over it and I have every faith in her.

So hence why I am feeling very inspired right now!!

Thanks for reading my blog guys

Love Sarah
www.challenge30.co.uk