Having driven down from Wales yesterday, I spent today doing not much, but a friend had phone me and asked me if I wanted to go out on a little run. He is training for the Brighton Marathon where he is raising money for Cancer Research UK, you can visit his giving page just here.
Sadly Ollie lost his best mate to the Big C last year and has since been focused on raising as much money as possible for the cause. Last year he got an award for his fund raising efforts, which included raising thousands of pounds for the charity, and cycling the John O’Groats to Lands End. This year he is running his first marathon, so I agreed to go along for a short training run.
A short run extended to a planned 14 miles, which I managed to cut short, and only made it to about 10 Miles (16.5km). I surprised myself as its been a while since I have put that distance on my legs, and I was pleasantly surprise. As ever it was a joy to hang out with Ollie, we had a good chat about the marathon and life as we pounded the promonade. I joked it had had been years since I had been down to Bournemouth Beach, but even at 8pm on a cold dark night there were still a few honeys down there. In fact the last prom, I was on was Santa Monica in LA.
Away, good run as I can’t walk anymore. If you have any spare money, and would like to donate it to a very good cause click the link above, as your not just donating for someone to turn up and run a marathon. You are supporting him and his team of runners who have trained through those long hard nights out in the cold running along the prom in the rain and driving winds, just so they can stand on the start line.