We’ve got Laura’s cousin Rob, her sister Annamarie and George, her Greek husband down from Leeds for the weekend. George has been a friend of mine for years and Laura and I introduced them. Last night the girls and Rob were at their other sister Alice’s hen-do and George and I went up to Brick [...]
May
21
Two thirds of the way through the challenge
Today is day 244 – just over two thirds of the challenge gone. It was a another hot and sticky one – I swear if I ran here all the time, I would be a stone lighter given the amount I seem to sweat on a run in the heat… In other news, my application [...]
May
19
Hot in Orlando
After a few ash-induced delays, we finally got to our hotel in Orlando, the Loews Royal Pacific at about 7.30pm last night and after a quick shower, turned right around for Virgin Holidays 25th birthday party. I know I said I’d try and collar Sir Richard Branson for some running chat but, unfortunately, he was [...]
May
18
Off to run in America
Ash cloud permitting, I’m jetting off to Orlando this morning on a press trip to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Virgin Holidays – Sir Richard Branson is also going to be on the plane and so I’m hoping to get his thoughts on running given they’ve started sponsoring the London Marathon and he ran it [...]

