{"id":5188,"date":"2020-01-10T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:49:41","slug":"runner-feature-alice-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-alice-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Alice Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I’m Alice and I’m planning on running a marathon in every county in England.<\/div>\n

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I love running and I figured it would be a good way to see the country.  There’s 48 ceremonial counties<\/a> in England, many of which I’ve never been to. When I came up with the idea I’d run eight marathons but only three of them qualified for my challenge…<\/div>\n

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This year I’ve been busy and have run 14 marathons, <\/strong>and a further 6 that ‘didn’t count’<\/em> either because they were abroad, not official races, or duplicate counties.<\/div>\n

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I’ve got five booked for next year already!<\/div>\n

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I started running in 2013<\/strong>… I did Couch to 5k<\/strong> … it was actually the third time I’d done it as I gave up running again the first two times after I completed it! This time it stuck and I’ve been running ever since.<\/div>\n

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It’s easy to keep going because if you run marathons regularly enough, you don’t really have to do much training, so I’m the laziest<\/strong> runner you’ll ever meet. I only manage to get out once or twice a week<\/strong> plus a marathon<\/strong> every 3 weeks<\/strong> or so – I’ve got a lot slower since I started running marathons. My fastest marathon is 3:59 and my slowest is 6:15, I usually finish around 4:45.<\/div>\n

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It’s really hard to pick a ‘favourite<\/em>‘ county, there have been some really great ones. Dorset<\/strong> was wonderfully hilly and beautiful, West Yorkshire<\/strong> I got to wear ridiculous fancy dress, Shropshire<\/strong> I was given a beer at the finish line. At many, many races I’ve met lovely people and seen and heard some great stories. Conversely… well…. Suffolk<\/strong> was pretty miserable because of the long drive to get there, Hampshire<\/strong> annoyed me with sexist signs and Lincolnshire<\/strong> I fell into a bog. You can read more about each Marathon on my blog HERE.<\/div>\n

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I believe anyone could do this, run a marathon in every county, if they wanted to and I’ve met many people with more impressive achievements than mine along the way!<\/div>\n

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Alice isn’t doing this challenge for a specific Charity however does hope to raise awareness of non-directed kidney donation. In 2017 Alice donated a kidney to a stranger. This has not stopped her from running at all and in fact she says she is now fitter than she was before.<\/div>\n

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Tt is important to raise awareness that kidney donation is a) possible b) life-changing for the recipient and c) doesn’t prevent you from running\/keeping fit\/living your best life!<\/div>\n

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Before, during and after donation Alice was supported by the incredible Give A Kidney charity<\/a> – if anyone wishes to show support, donate or find out more about Give a Kidney Charity and non-directed Kidney donation you can do so HERE<\/a>.<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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