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Getting the shots

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

I’ve never been to India or Nepal before, so as part of my preparation for the trip, I booked myself in to see the nurse at my local doctor’s surgery and find out what sort of medication I might need for … Continue reading →

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What’s it all for?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

I guess that some of you may be wondering why on Earth, I would want to travel 1/2 way around the world to spend 5 days slogging my way up some of the toughest hills on the planet. The answer … Continue reading →

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Injured again

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

I’m very quickly stating to learning that with additional strength, comes additional risk. Before I started taking my training a bit more seriously i would just go out and run, without so much as a second thought. Yes i’d be … Continue reading →

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Welcoming our first corporate sponsor

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

I went down to the very impressive, Ouseburn offices of  The Go Digital Marketing, to say a huge thank you to Aston Bowles and his team, for kindly donating £150 yesterday and becoming our first corporate sponsor. The Go, are an up … Continue reading →

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Andy starts things moving

Posted on June 13, 2010 by admin

Andrew McBride’s kind donation on just giving this morning has officially kicked off my fundraising effort. It also goes to show the power of social networking… I went to school with Andy a good 25 years ago and haven’t seen … Continue reading →

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Just giving

Posted on June 10, 2010 by admin

I finally got around to contacting the Eve appeal people at the and getting their permission to raise funds on their behalf. I’ve also set up an account on justgiving.com, so that I can start to collect some money from potential sponsors.

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Pleasure and pain at Haltwhistle

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

This week, I ran in the first running of the Haltwhistle Marathon a 27 mile trail race taking in stunning Northumbrian scenery including sections of the Roman wall and along the River Tyne. It started last year as a walking … Continue reading →

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Moving the goal posts

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

Sadly, I received word today that the 7 tribes race is definitely off.  Apparently in order to cover the administrative costs of the race a minimum of 25 people had to sign up by this stage, but as of today … Continue reading →

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Gearing up for the desert

Posted on April 17, 2010 by admin

With only 30 weeks to go until I head out to the desert, I thought it was about time to gearing up. I increased my milage to 66 miles this week, by far the furtherest i’ve ran so far. I picking … Continue reading →

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My first newcastle park run

Posted on April 3, 2010 by admin

I heard about parkruns a few months ago, but hadn’t had a chance to get to one until this week. They are a weekly 5k run, ran in parks around the Uk.  They are free to enter,  you simply sign … Continue reading →

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