Starting to Run again!

Well - I'm back for 2009....
Having recovered eventually from the massive goal I set myself in 2008, yep I did complete all 12 races in the 2008 Vasque Ultra-running Champs, see my blogs from last year on the Blogs pages on www.runfurther.com . Oh year I also ran a few extra races and the last one was Round Rotherham - bloomin heck what a mistake - oh so cold, oh so muddy oh so horrible, luckily i was running with my team mate Catherine and we kept each other going in the hell of industrial muddy Rotherham - never again!! 50 miles of that can be missed in my book!! Mind you the bucket of wine afterwoods was again welcome - so I have kept up the alcohol training! Did well on my ski holiday on that front too - powder, steep, deep and wine - perfect holiday!!!
This year - well - I said I would have a go at a Bob Graham round, but haven't reccy'd at all over the winter, so not sure if this will happen! Next idea was having a go at Trans Britain, a 6 day stage race, but have to raise £1000 for charity and at the moment I'm finding it hard to earn that amount of money let alone get it for something else! So that is still an idea if I can come up with a way of raising the money (what I do like though is that all the £1000 goes to the charity, the entry is seperate!) Any ideas???
What I am doing is again running in the Vasque Ultra-running Champs again, not all 12 races this year but at least 5 at the mo! Maybe more so will see you all there again - hopefully seeing some of you having a go at a Grand Slam, well if I can do it so can all you lot!
Apart from that - more biking - having neglected it for a couple of years - and part of this is running the New Polaris Challenge, a 2 day mountain bike orienteering event. I used to organise this event a few years ago and am now back in charge. First one is in the Peaks, where I have just moved to, where the riding is supperb. My new team name needs to be "Bike Like a Girl", or maybe "Drink Like a Girl" covers all our activities including the celebrations after the races!!!
Well first race is on Sunday - it is 30 miles of far too flat running along the banks of the river Wye - I will moan all the way round, and it's an out and back so all the other racers will see me moaning too!!! Still - it'll be a good catch up with all my running mates and an introduction to ultra's for my sister - she's going to walk it and laugh at me moaning!!
Why oh why do I do this - oh yeah - I enjoy it!!!