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 [...]

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 [...]

Donation dizziness

Holy crap, I’ve just seen that I’ve had my biggest donation to date of £490, and it’s from a guy I’ve never even met! If you’re reading this Nick, thank you ever so much, I’m incredibly humbled, and indeed thank you to Angela and Trev, for spreading the word to you.  Hopefully I’ll get to [...]

From Bangladesh to Barcelona – via Backs & Beyond

Well the countdown is now almost over, with the big day of the first race approaches  in Barcelona. It’s been a hectic few weeks, and I haven’t got anyway near enough training in or indeed enough fundraising activity, but I’m hoping that over the next few weeks I can work on that. This has largely [...]

Wedding + Honeymoon + Christmas = No running + No blogging

OK, this has now been a ridiculously long time since my last post, and I’m very sorry about that, but as you can see from the title, I think I’ve had reasonably good reasons! Anyway since 2009 has now officially begun, I promise to get back into the swing of things and that has certainly [...]

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) [...]