It was a damp, breezy morning as we arrived at Hampton in Arden tennis club for the 10th running of the Arden 9. Numbers were collected before chatting with fellow club members, people from parkrun and those met at previous races. The weather didn’t look too promising, despite a guarantee of sunshine from one of…

Just got back from the Arden 9, checked my justgiving page and discovered than some kind soul had donated £20 this morning taking my total to the magic £200 mark. Achieving the £200 figure guarantees my entrance to the Thames Path Challenge – no backing out now !!! Of course, this doesn’t mean that you…

I have recently submitted this short article to the editor of the Centurion Running Club newsletter for consideration… Thames Path Challenge Towards the end of last year, I found myself looking for a new job which became my main focus in life. My running suffered, in fact it suffered so much that I stopped running…

I use an app on my iPhone for tracking my walks called MotionX-GPS ( gps.motionx.com ). Similar to endomondo ( and many others ) but it has a much better voice and can save my walk data to Dropbox and send an email to my account. With sufficient battery power ( I’ve ordered TWO 10,000mAh external…

Not a great deal to report but now the ‘proper’ sponsor forms are in circulation are at work, I have had a few promises and a real five pound note. Hopefully the money should start rolling in and before the walk so that I can pass that all important £200 mark. By signing up to…