Long Runs & Charity

It's been quite a good week in terms of the campaign. I've run further than I've run and I've been made to feel worthy..... but more of that later.

The long run at the weekend with Ben turned out to be a long run, much longer than was originally proposed. The level of my concern of running through the Rotherhide tunnel was only matched by Ben's inability to find it. A long 15km run turned into 22km as we ended up heading over Tower Bridge on our way back to Blackheath. Saying that, it was a good feeling to know that I should at least be able to get half way. Another positive was how well I managed to retain the capacity to walk for the rest of the weekend. Tired legs but not the crippling I was expecting.

To avoid overloading the legs I went swimming for the first time in ages on monday which was a welcome change. It was also the start to my London Triathlon training where swimming is going to be the biggest concern.

Tuesday night I went to the launch of JDRF's marathon campaign. A couple of speeches about diabetes were all in good humour and suitably down to earth. Paul Dickenson, the BBC commentator chap, gave a general sporty talk and talked about his Marathon commentating. I really wasn't sure who he was until he started talking (I'm pretty certain there was a collective 'ahhh' when he started).

Anyway, I'll leave you with a quick google result taken from one of his commentating moments:

"There's men here who'll hammer away until their bodies have squeezed out every drop."

Personally, I don't get it.