When I started running in September, my plan was to aim for the London Marathon in May 2020. If you’re familiar with marathons, you’ll know this is probably one of the most popular races in the world, and as such, it’s not the easiest to get an entry to. This year, there were over 200,000 entries, from just about every corner of the globe.

And as you may have guessed, I was not one of the lucky few to get chosen this year. But I’ll keep trying until I get it. Since London is out, we can skip the race, right?

Nope. We’re just going to move it over a few countries to the east. We’ve now turned our sights on Istanbul, for their half marathon, with hopes that maybe Chara can convince them to relinquish a few more spots in the race (it does say to contact them after closing date if you want to run).