We’re not affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund, yet we’re all for the essential work they carry out preserving the planet. We therefore wanted to highlight that they’re challenging us all to raise our own health standards together with that of the planet in one of their countrywide fun runs.

First off don’t panic! Countrywide fun runs doesn’t mean you need to run the country! These aren’t marathons, they’re 5k Fun Runs and WWF have charity assured places in all of them for participants bringing a minimum of £50 sponsorship. That means they only need you to find someone prepared to challenge you a tenner for each kilometer. As well as having lots of fun, it’ll be a great way for you to test your health and if you commit yourself now, you could use the date as a reason to get into training.

Here are the dates and locations:

10 July – Stirling – Stirling University
11 July – Aberdeen – Hazlehead Park
17 July – Dundee – Camperdown Park
18 July – Perth – North Inch
24 July – Glasgow – Bellahouston Park
25 July – Edinburgh – Holyrood Park
31 July – Middlesborough – Albert Park
1 Aug – Sunderland – Silksworth Sports Complex
7 Aug – Liverpool – Sefton Park
8 Aug – Sheffield – Rother Valley Country Park
14 Aug – Leeds – Roundhay Park
15 Aug – Manchester – Whythenshawe Park
21 Aug – Derby – Darley Park
22 Aug – Norwich – Whittlingham Estate
4 Sept – Cardiff – Bute Park
5 Sept – Leicester – Abbey Park
11 Sept – London Crystal Palace
18 Sept – Coventry – Memorial Park
25 Sept – London – Victoria Park
26 Sept – Milton Keynes – Willen Lake
2 Oct – Watford – Cassiobury Park
3 Oct - Cheltenham – Race Course
9 Oct – Southampton – Southampton Common
10 Oct – Maidstone – Mote Park

There are full details and sign up are at http://www.wwfscotland.org.uk/what_we_do/about_wwf_scotland/events/running_events/. Maybe we’ll bump into you at one?