Caritas Diocese Of Salford

Clair Regan

Clair Regan

Clair Regan

My Story

I am currently the "Caritas Rep" for my parish and along with trying to set up a "Community Breakfast Warm Hub" project in the church hall on a Sunday morning I thought it would be a good idea to also raise money for Caritas Salford by signing up to run 6 miles for them in May 2023.

Both seemed a good idea in December 2022.....

the warm hub eventuslly got going on 12th Febrary 2023 and went from strength to strength...

the "getting back into running" project was much simpler - at first!

I had done very litte running for years and even my last parkrun* was in 2021! So I started again from scratch, signing up for couch to 5K with my local running group RIOT (Running Is Our Therapy). I was feeling fairly confident I would be able to run 4-6 miles (and briskly walk the remainder) by 22nd May as I was running three times a week with RIOT and could feel my legs getting stronger but then COVID unexpectly popped up for a second time and completely wiped me out again. Several weeks later I was back running with RIOT but now struggling to keep up with the people I started the C25K with. On 13th March I staggered round my "graduation 5K run", and then was full of good intentions to build on this with couch to 10K programme... completely failed by not making a SMART goal Action Plan and what with Easter, etc etc  

over the last few weeks  I have managed a few slow runs on my own but not broken the 5K barrier yet. In four weeks time I need to run twice as far

SO... I know lots of friends and family have sponsored me for running much further in the past but this one really is going to be a challenge. It is also for a fantastic charity that I know make a huge difference to people in Salford / Manchester area. Please support in any way you can

What does Caritas Salford do?
Our mission is to help those across the Diocese of Salford, experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity. We provide a practical response to those in crisis, suffering hardship or who are at risk.

many thanks Clair

*(I have done several vounteer park walker / tail walker days of walking 5K which feature on my parkrun "results" page https://www.parkrun.org.uk/worsleywoods/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=177362)

Caritas Diocese Of Salford

Raising for:

Caritas Diocese Of Salford
134%

Funded

  • Target
    £200
  • Raised so far
    £269
  • Number of donors
    14

My Story

I am currently the "Caritas Rep" for my parish and along with trying to set up a "Community Breakfast Warm Hub" project in the church hall on a Sunday morning I thought it would be a good idea to also raise money for Caritas Salford by signing up to run 6 miles for them in May 2023.

Both seemed a good idea in December 2022.....

the warm hub eventuslly got going on 12th Febrary 2023 and went from strength to strength...

the "getting back into running" project was much simpler - at first!

I had done very litte running for years and even my last parkrun* was in 2021! So I started again from scratch, signing up for couch to 5K with my local running group RIOT (Running Is Our Therapy). I was feeling fairly confident I would be able to run 4-6 miles (and briskly walk the remainder) by 22nd May as I was running three times a week with RIOT and could feel my legs getting stronger but then COVID unexpectly popped up for a second time and completely wiped me out again. Several weeks later I was back running with RIOT but now struggling to keep up with the people I started the C25K with. On 13th March I staggered round my "graduation 5K run", and then was full of good intentions to build on this with couch to 10K programme... completely failed by not making a SMART goal Action Plan and what with Easter, etc etc  

over the last few weeks  I have managed a few slow runs on my own but not broken the 5K barrier yet. In four weeks time I need to run twice as far

SO... I know lots of friends and family have sponsored me for running much further in the past but this one really is going to be a challenge. It is also for a fantastic charity that I know make a huge difference to people in Salford / Manchester area. Please support in any way you can

What does Caritas Salford do?
Our mission is to help those across the Diocese of Salford, experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity. We provide a practical response to those in crisis, suffering hardship or who are at risk.

many thanks Clair

*(I have done several vounteer park walker / tail walker days of walking 5K which feature on my parkrun "results" page https://www.parkrun.org.uk/worsleywoods/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=177362)