Another Half-M

[bluespirit]

Registration opened yesterday morning at 9am for the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London this October.
After three & a half hours of frustration & the site constantly crashing due to the huge numbers trying to get a place, I was finally able to get places for me & Mr B!
We decided to run this race as all our attempts at getting places in the London Marathon have so far failed & we really liked the idea of doing a 'big' race like this around the gorgeous sights of London.
The route starts in Hyde Park & goes past the Houses of Parliament, along the Embankment up to Blackfriars, through Admirality Arch, down the Mall, past Buckingham Palace & through the Wellington Arch, back into Hyde Park past Marble Arch, into Kensington Park, past Kensington Palace & the Royal Albert Hall before finishing back in Hyde Park. It sounds amazing & should be loads of fun!

We're hoping to run this race to raise money for Labrador Rescue South East & Central - the rescue organisation we got our beautiful Buddy from! ♥

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It does sound a lovely route, doesn't it? We're going to keep trying for the London Marathon but this will be very nice in the interim. :-)

Oh, thank you so much - yes, I'm hopefully going to set up a justgiving page for the run closer to the date. We really want to try & raise some funds for them as they're getting more & more dogs to rehome at the moment because of the financial climate. It costs nearly £300 to rehome each dog plus they have some who are abuse/neglect cases & they require a lot of medical care. It's such a good cause & we'll be forever grateful to them for uniting us with Buddy. ♥