Megan Shelts prepares for today’s London Mini Marathon

Today my sister will be competing in the 2013 London Mini Marathon. Megan is aged 16 and will be running against some of Britain’s top youth runners.

The course is 3 miles long, stretching from London’s Old Billingsgate to The Mall. The event is open to entrants from the 9 regions of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and will include teams from all 33 London Boroughs.

The London Mini Marathon is sponsored by Virgin and it is the running championships for all qualified young athletes below the age of 17. I think that the Mini Marathon is such a great way of attracting new talented youth athletes. These young athletes will be running in the last 3 miles of tomorrow’s 26.2 mile marathon.

I am really excited to watch my sister compete at such a globally well-known sporting event. It is such an amazing accomplishment for her to qualify, as her main sport is swimming not athletics.

Since Megans qualification for the Mini Marathon in February she has been gradually increasing the amount of running she does per week and steadily upped the amount of mileage she has been doing.

Megan talks about her preparation for tomorrow’s competition and what sportswear she will be competing in. She will be wearing her Molly Mabel wrist bands for good luck.