http://www.justgiving.com/3marathonchallenge Three weeks to go until the first Marathon and it was time to undertake our next big training challenge. Today would see us run 20 miles along the Kent coast. After the celebration of last weekends half marathon personal best, I thought yeah why not, lets just stick another 7 miles on top, could be fun right? So now I’m a proper athlete it was time to get serious about the pre-race routine. Saturday night I crashed around Marathon Paul's house, as he would also be running tomorrow. Being the finely tuned running machines [View Full Entry]

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http://www.justgiving.com/3marathonchallenge Brighton....it's always sunny in Brighton and today is no exception. As I sit on the train surrounded by dozens of other like minded runners making my way to the south coast, I have to admit, for the first time since I started this challenge I'm a little excited. I consider this to be a sort of homecoming run and another factor is that I know I'm gonna have a few supporters here cheering me on for this one. It's a bright day as I make my way down to the seafront to meet up Rich. (A good mate and also [View Full Entry]

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http://www.justgiving.com/3marathonchallenge Hey, It's been a few weeks since my last blog and i'm sure after the revelations of our Watford half marathon, you are literally on the edge of your seats waiting for another exciting instalment.............are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin. Watford physically took quite alot out of both Ben and Myself. As I mentioned in the last blog we were both carrying injuries and whilst truth be told we should have both eased up, that's not in our nature, so obviously we did the next best thing and pushed ourselves harder. [View Full Entry]

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http://www.justgiving.com/3marathonchallenge It's 8am as I jump out of my bed.....by stark contrast to last weeks run, im feeling pretty good about this mornings run. Maybe it's because im not travelling as far this week, maybe it's because its a couple of miles less on fairly flat terrain and as Ben is giving me a lift, maybe its because I don't have to sit on a train listening to clubbers screaming in my earhole at 7am! I load up on some toast and a cup of black gold (coffee) whilst I'm waiting for Ben. Thats when the phone rings and the chirpy [View Full Entry]

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07:30am Sunday 25th March 2009 "You got any rizzlas geez?" says the sunglass wearing fella in a hoarse voice that suggests he's made the most of his Saturday night. "Sorry mate, don't smoke" comes my reply. It gets me thinking that my hoodie,beanie hat and tracksuit bottom combo might be giving off the wrong impression of me. (Good thing I decided against the Burberry cap at the last minute before leaving the house!) Now this probably isn't the typical conversation you'd expect to have on a train with somebody at 07.30am Sunday morning on the way to Dartford. Then I suppose [View Full Entry]

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Hey Up....I know what all you lucky subscribers are thinking and i'm guessing it falls into one of the following categories..... A) Has that jammy b*****d gone away travelling again already! B) What's he on about, I haven't subscribed to anything?! (well if I have your email address...tough) C) Man I really thought that we'd seen the last of these bloody annoying blogs! Well unfortunately I haven't gone away again (yet!), and unfortunately you also haven't seen the last of these. The reason being I am embarking on a new adventure......to run three marathons in three consecutive week [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are gang.....the final travel blog. It's been a funny 9 months all in all. So many high points and yet one or two sobering moments. It's difficult at the moment to think that in just a few short weeks, this will all be but a distant memory, as I resettle into the working way of life. Indeed at times the travelling itself has seemed somehow like a job. The routine of staying in hostels, smalltalk and bus journeys. At times you almost have to remind yourself, that every day is different and every single day you are experiencing [View Full Entry]

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After leaving La Paz, it was time for another day in Lima whilst waiting for my penultimate bus ride. I managed to get well and truly re-aquainted with black gold, as en-route I remembered they had Starbucks in Lima. Normally i'd rather lick my own arsehole than put money in the pocket of the man (ie global chains) but when you've been drinking instant coffee and some dubious black syrup crap they consider to be coffee for 8 months, little luxuries like this are forgiveable! So anyhoo, I headed to the bus terminal for about 8ish to catch my 9pm bus. [View Full Entry]

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After the cold and high altitude of Lap Paz and Huayna Potosi, I was looking forward to getting back down to some warmth and having the ability to breathe at a normal rate again! So after just two days rest, in which I was still experiencing headaches etc (the fallout from climbing Potosi was taking its toll) I made my way to the airport in El Alto, the highest part of the city of La Paz and jumped on a tiny propeller plane to head to Rurrenabaque. After the initial security scare of having a man jump on the plane, rather [View Full Entry]

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So after just 3 full days of acclimatisation in La Paz, it was time to take up the challenge of Huayna Potosi. Those have have been reading the blogs will remember that Chris and I summited the Volcano Cotopaxi, during our time in Ecuador, which was a height of 5897 metres, well HP offered an even stronger challenge, with a summit that tops 6088 metres. At 19'973 feet, its a shade under 20'000 feet, a distance so close that the thought of carrying a ladder to the summit with me had crossed my mind! But still, its pretty damn high so [View Full Entry]

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