Archive for April, 2012

Bupa Great Manchester Run Update:

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Warming up for the Great Manchester Run

Just 26 days to go…

It’s time for another update on our training for the Bupa Great Manchester run!

With the day of the race fast approaching, Team K2L is pulling out all the stops to make sure that we do our sponsors proud in the 10K run.

At this stage with our training routes fully mapped out we’re now striving to shave those valuable seconds from our personal bests.

So what spurs us on to challenge ourselves for that victory lap? Picturing the crowd awaiting at the finish line always conjurers up memories of our favourite sports movies.

Rocky, Karate Kid, Field of Dreams – what they all have in common is the victory montages with upbeat, high-energy soundtracks that make us feel ready to climb a mountain.

Here are a few choice cuts that help us make it through that tough final stretch…

Survivor- Eye of the tiger

Bon Jovi- Livin’ on a prayer

Christina Aguilera- Fighter

Joe Esposito- You’re the best around

Eminem- I’m not afraid

Paul Stanley- Live to win

What are the songs that keep you going? Drop us a line and let us know!

Stay tuned for more updates- we’ll keep you posted on how we’re getting on as race day draws nearer…

If you’d like to sponsor Team K2L in the run, please visit our JustGiving page. All proceeds will go to St Anns’s Hospice. Please donate whatever you can, it’s a worthy cause- the work they do is fantastic.

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Sad day for us today r’ Tess is moving on.

Friday, April 20th, 2012

tess-leaving

Yes it’s all tissues in the studio (and that’s just Tom with his snotty nose) as the Glenmeister moves on to pastures new. So we have another load of donuts to get through and these lovely flowers have just arrived.

From all of us at K2L we just want to thank her for all her hard work and good times she’s brought us in the studio, her Oldham twang and expletives will be sorely missed. Not forgetting her frothy brews, they’ll go down in K2L folklore.

So all the best Tess – now pass me another one of those Krispy Kreme’s.

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The training has started… and there’s nowhere to run.

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

race-update

So the training has started here at K2L for BUPA’s 10th annual Great Manchester 10k Run, and, with only 34 days to go till the big day, panic is starting to set in.

Digging out the dirty trainers that haven’t been worn since 1999 and the old short shorts with inner lining that now seems to have perished was my first port of call. For others it has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to our training methods, Tom still thinks he’s going to run it in his Vans and skinny jeans. Others have taken to it like ducks to water and gone all out and bought the whole outfit, Sarah now has a nifty pair of pink Nike’s. Al is the techy, monitoring his every move via GPS through various different apps and wearing the best clothing that sports science has to offer. Me, I prefer the Rocky IV approach, running up mountains, bench pressing any goats that stand in my way in a set of grey sweats.

More updates will follow up until the day itself so keep checking back for more news. Until then, please check our JustGiving page, and if you can help sponsor us with whatever funds you may have available, it’s for a fantastic cause,  St Anns’s Hospice.

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