Challenge completed!

Well, it’s done! Thank goodness. No more having to get up on a wet Sunday morning with sleep in my eyes and jogging round the centre of London with not a lot in my head. No more waking up on the morning of a marathon (I daren’t call what I did a race) with a [...]

Running in the gun capital of the UK

So it’s been an eventful summer, England won the ashes, as Blur reformed Oasis decided to split up, and of course the mighty Luton Town started their travels in the unchartered waters of the Blue Square Premiership – the only true and good premiership going. With all that it’s no wonder I forgot about running, [...]

Best of British – Oasis, 10k’s, Bread Pudding, Rain and BBQs

A month on from the disaster of the very un-picnicky Picnic marathon, things have picked up a little. Last Sunday I completed the Fairlands Valley Challenge, 26.2 miles of Hertfordshire countryside, and that makes it the fifth marathon, and I’m still alive! Just two to go now, and in the interim I’ve got a nice [...]

Beacons of hope

Last night I attended the Beacons of Hope awards, given by the Lymphoma Association, and held at the Magic Circle in London. It was a truly inspiring and humbling experience listening to some of the stories from the nominees and winners of the awards. Listening to the Radio 4 man (sorry forgotten his name already) [...]