On Sunday 27th November I am going to be running the Leeds Abbey Dash, a 10k (6.2 mile!) road race around Leeds. I've only run one 10k before (last year's Abbey Dash, actually) and, as I'm not the paragon of fitness that I'd like to be, it's going to be a bit of challenge to say the least!

Not only am I going to try and beat last year's time of 57 minutes 46 seconds, but this year I am trying to raise a rather ambitious amount of money for Help the Aged. I was aiming to raise