Apr
17
I’ve been feeling annoyed all morning. I don’t know why. I decided I’d better get the run done and went off out (in shorts at last) for a run. I kicked off with a sub 7 pace and this continued throughout. I couldn’t quite remember what my best 3 mile time was, but I knew [...]
Oct
01
SO… I’ve been discussing the Harrow Times’ typo with a lot of people, both runners and not, many of whom have fund raised in the past and managed quite impressive numbers too. You know who you are… To all of you who said it was possible (the eighteen grand, not this insane challenge), thanks, I [...]
May
06
One of the charities I declared an interest in when I put my name forward for the London Marathon ballot two days ago was Guide Dogs. They sent me some more information yesterday and one of the things I noticed on their site was that you can become a guide runner – helping blind runners [...]
Apr
25
I was up early this morning for a quick 3 miler before heading into town to watch the London Marathon from a boat moored next to Embankment station where Virgin Holidays were celebrating their 25th anniversary. Shamefully, it was the first time I’ve actually been to watch the race in London. In the past, before [...]
Apr
24
Pretty sunny and hot went I went out this morning. Laura came with me to Tooting Common – not to go around with me of course but to sit in the sun reading the paper at the common caff while I went on my run. There were loads of people out today – all the [...]
Apr
20
I’ve finally sorted out some of the confusion over my time for the Brighton Marathon. Apparently my chip malfunctioned, I was one of 15 from 8000 whose chip didn’t work. So my time sent by them, which was adjusted to 3 hours 53 minutes, is the time it took me to finish from when the [...]
