Well done Soph! This one was a hilly affair so harder going. I had told Soph about some of the things I think about to keep me going last year when I trained for a 10k.

Today we are introducing our friend and supporter Julia to you to hear about the Ten for Tender challenge she has taken on.

Over the last month I've been out and about meeting with 2 of our 4 National partners. It has been great to see the brilliant Tender schools model being delivered all over the country.

On Bank Holiday Monday May 27th ( THE ONLY SUNNY DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR.....) Sophie ran the BUPA 10k in central London. I sweated hard at the sidelines and saw Mo Farah, several men dressed as toilets, a crocodile and a man in a thong (can't bear to think about the chaffing!). And then Soph powered past looking confident and cool. Her time was 54 minutes and 46 seconds. There were 11,000 runners and Sophie came in 873rd Female and 97th in her age group. Fantastic!

This past week, Tender facilitators traveled to Envision’s London office to offer a workshop on healthy relationships to a group of passionate young people who have their eyes on the future. Founded in 2000, Envision’s programme works hard to highlight relevant local issues and to help young people stand up and act responsibly to address these issues.

We visited Soft Touch in Leicester at the beginning of this week to see how they were getting on with their first year as one of Tender’s national partners.

At our City Hall event, Youth Board members Hannah and Andre invited guests to think of their own ideas for pledging Ten for Tender.

On November 27th, Tender and MOPAC hosted an event to launch the Ten for Tender Campaign.