I have new shoes! My trainers were on their last legs and then my mum and I did a 10k sponsored walk for Breast Cancer on Sunday, I ended up ankle deep in mud and the trainers bit the bullet.

On Monday mum and I signed up for the Moonwalk 2007 – (see www.walkthewalk.org) and I went online to get some new trainers and here they are -

They are New Balance 709 which are the official trainers of Walk the Walk and they are white and reflective silver with bright pink laces and flashes, the insole is also bright pink. My old trainers are New Balance so I know they are comfy to walk in so hopefully these will see me through to next year.

The Moonwalk is a marathon distance walk in London in May, it is a power walk which starts from Hyde Park at midnight and is done by about 40,000 women all wearing decorated bras….did I mention it’s to raise money for breast cancer charities?

I did the Moonwalk in 2004 with my sister in law and since then have done a few other power walks, mum and I did a half marathon in about 3 and a half hours this summer. That was off-road along the Thames footpath so we hope to do the Moonwalk, which is on road, in less than 8 hours. My mum is used to taking part in marathons but she usually runs them.