Long over due update

                                                    Jo and I doing the Weymouth Triathlon

The Weymouth triathlon was early in the morning and the bike ride was windy. Both Jo and I finished in just under 3 hours, which we were pleased with. The swim was 1500 metres (just under 1 mile), the bike ride was 40 Kilometres (just under 26 miles) and a the run was 10 K (just over 6 miles).

A weekend in the Brecon Beacons

Next up for Jo and I is the Yorkshire three peaks challenge. 3 x 700 Metre peaks 25 miles in 12 hours. Then our holiday will be cycling the Lon las cymru (a cycle route in Wales)  250 miles in 4 days Holly Head to Chepstow then onto Yate to see Jo's Mum.

Next Marathon is Isle of Wight on October the 6th.

My K - Kiev marathon 28th April 2013

         At registration

    around 38k into the run had to dig deep for the final 4k

       Approaching the finish

      Finished in 3 hours 57 mins very tired needing water

       Jo my number one supporter

      The X factor auditions in Kiev (I did not enter)

      Jo with her Birthday bear

      A cat made of plastic forks

Kiev was an amazing place both Jo and I were surprised how much we enjoyed the trip it felt like a real holiday. The marathon was much hotter than expected around 28 degrees with little shade and a few inclines. Jo was meant to run the 10k but it was not clear where to turn off so ended up running the first lap with me, meaning Jo ran a half marathon.

It was Jo's birthday the day after the run we went out for a lovely meal and then onto a blues club which played live music. We found a map that had on it locations of sculptures around Kiev it was fun walking around Kiev trying to find sculptures, my favourite was the above cat.

First post of the year 2013

Compton 20 mile run 6/4/13

 Jo and I started together but Jo is much quicker than me, so left me behind and finished second lady. Jo is brilliant.

 Marlow duathlon 17/03/13

 Finishing the first run. Me in Blue and yellow, Jo in purple

Jo finishing, I did not finish as it was so cold and wet on the bike I could not continue onto the second run. But as you will be aware by now Jo is amazing and far superior to me.

Jo and I also ran the Newbury duathlon on 10/03/13, no photos for this but there is a video on you tube if you click on link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mExrcxker7o it is the first event in many a year that I have finished ahead of Jo. Not that we are competitive.

My first marathon of 2 this year is Kiev on 27/4. Training has been going well. The weather has not helped though.

Climbing Snowdon

Myself and three friends (Chris, Jim, & Matt) climbed snowdon as you can see there was more snow than we had thought there would be. It is incredible and I can recommend if you have not climbed snowdon it is well worth. It was also a great weekend catching up with the lads that ran my first marathon with me.

This is the list of my 10 remaining marathons.

2013 - May - Kiev (Ukraine) & October - Isle wight
2014 - May - White peak (Derbyshire) & October - Jersey
2015 - April - Vienna (Austria) & August - Quebec city (Canada)
2016 - June - Utah (USA) & September - Yorkshireman (Yorkshire)
2017 - January - Xiamen (South China) & April - Zurich (Switzerland)

Apologies

Jo and I both read the Jersey marathon website wrong. It is £125 for the relay and £30 for the marathon which is much more reasonable.

SDBTT - Have a new name

SDBTT have changed their name to - The Brain Tumour Charity. Below is the link to their website - http://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/  There is a new name but the amazing work they do is still continuing.