5 days to go

Thanks to all the donations over the last few days which have raced my tally up to within touching distance of $1000 which is fantastic. For all of you who haven't heard my history in marathon running it's about time that I actually wrote something about running on this blog. When I was working in London with Eddie he had signed up to run the marathon but wasn't really training too much. I started to go for runs at lunchtime with him with no intention of going beyond 10km but of course got sucked in and kept running and running and running. I think the experience of running around London along the banks of the Thames made it heaps of fun and I could set my training runs based on the landmarks. I'll just run up to Tate modern, cross the wobbly bridge and race back to westmister. Come raceday it was an amazing experience with heaps of supporters, a fantastic course and Eddie & I made it round without stopping. However, Eddie managed to beat me by 1 second in the official results and so I had to beat him. When I landed in Sydney without a job and wanting to find out a bit more about the city I entered the marathon and got training around the city. Unfortunately what I didn't count on was the complete lack of supporters and the hills which slowed me down to 4 hours 30 minutes. Eventually I managed to beat Eddie's time and now have a pb of 3 hours 38 minutes which I don't think I'll ever beat. If you are on facebook then I've put some photos and videos from my previous marathons at http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34203670347 The best one is from London with Nick shouting as he captures Eddie and me turning for home in front of Big Ben.