Plans and Schemes, Malt Loaf and Wine

With less than a week to go before training starts Mum has declared her training plan complete. 

I did briefly get my jaws on the planner but Mum tricked it off me by dumping the whole pot full of emergency training treats onto the floor in one go.  She also went very pale so I licked her a lot and wagged my tail, which obviously made everything fine.  It's not a complete loss because while Mum's been jealously guarding the precious plan I've repeatedly stolen her favourite boots with the soft furry bits inside which feel soooo good when I shove my nose inside them for a good old chew.

I'm still not entirely sure what this marathon thing involves.  Mum is very pleased with her plan, it's covered in post it notes - which I did manage to steal half a pack of - and is colour coded and incredibly neat.  If running a marathon involves lots of neat writing, post it notes and colour coding I am sure Mum will have no problems.  Mum has also stock piled an impressive amount of Malt Loaf and appears to be trying to drink all the wine she won't have over the next 18 weeks in about 5 days.  On that front at least she's doing very well.  I like it when Mum drinks wine, she drops things, and doesn't mind me chewing her trousers so much.  Mum doesn't seem to be giving a lot of thought to the reality of long, cold, dark, wet runs but I'm sure she's fully considered what she's letting herself in for, because she's Mum, and she's great, yes?

Mum has also declared that this year she is going to actually do something useful and attempt to raise some money for a good cause.  Mum was unsure about doing this because she does love her running, but then decided that it wouldn't hurt to also try and make a bit of a difference for a great charity.

So, on 7 April 2019 Mum will be running the Manchester Marathon in support of Vizsla Rescue UK, a small charity who do wonderful work with less fortunate gingers than me.  I personally feel that my life is not so luxurious as it could be, but apparently being occasionally denied bacon and taken for walks even when it's raining doesn't make me hard done by.  Really?  I think you'll agree that some days my life can be tough!

Mum will be talking more I'm sure about Vizsla Rescue UK and why she's so keen to support them in due course on her fund-raising page, and she'd be very grateful if you'd click through and at least have a look at what they do.