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…

What a glorious evening for a walk. After walking to work ( 4.5 miles ) and back ( 7 miles ) I drove to The Griffin, arriving at 6:45 for a 7 o’clock start. All in all, there were twelve of us as we left the car park and started a two hour ramble around…