Do Something TOTALLY Different... I dare you!

You never, ever know where it might lead you.  About 20 months ago my good friend Amber asked me if I'd like to do the Great North Swim. Well, knowing that there's THINGS that live in Windermere, knowing full well it's not hot (no volcanic springs in the Lake District apparently) then I thought I knew the answer. Going to bed and asking to dream about the right thing to do left me with further knowing the next morning.  I'd dreamt about me standing on the bank, holding her children's hands and watching her swim in. That was enough for me.  So I did the sensible thing and said no. 

But then she asked again. And by that point I'd decided to get on with life, say yes to new and unusual possibilities. So it was harder to say no, and I didn't.  I got on and joined our local triathlon club and started training in a local lake. Which was a challenge in itself. It was cold, there were fish (sometimes you'd even see a dead one) and it was murky water. Plus I was being told what to do. Which I'm not very good with!  Anyway to cut a long story short I did a mile swim with Amber and raised £500 or so for Homeopathy for Health in Africa.  Having joined the Triathlon club I continued to train with them throughout 2012 and watched the Olympic Women's Tri with them.  Our chairman recommended Chrissie Wellington's autobiography which I duly read, then went on to read more Tri texts finally chancing upon Scott Jurek's Eat and Run.  Which I would say changed my life.  I went on as a result of that to adopt a Whole Food, Plant Based (WFPB) diet, study a diploma in Nutrition as well as look further at WFPB eating, and in the end adopted a raw vegan diet for myself (which I love!). 

So I dare you - you never know where it might take you... Enjoy the ride!

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