Devon Coastal Marathon - 24th February

This was hell! (only in a weirdly enjoyable way)

A 5 hour car journey down to Devon, pitched a tent in the final minutes before dark, a night of trying to get comfortable on the most uneven ground I have experienced whilst listening to raindrops the size of grapes hammer the tent, before waking up at 5am in a heap in the corner of the tent because in our rush to pitch before dark we failed to notice the slope.

I was joined on this challenge by Leeroy, a Watford Kamon classmate. We (along with the ever-supporting and long suffering Caroline) walked the mile downhill to the start line and hot coffee.

Then it began. 27 miles of self sustained (carry water and anything else yourself) running over rocks, beach, rivers, farmers fields, but mostly ankle deep mud, all either up or down hills that would make you think twice about walking up. This made Snowdon feel like a training run round Hemel! Some of the segments of coastal path were only as wide as one of my trainers, littered with rocks and a shear (unfenced) drop into the sea on my left! I will stop trying to describe the course now, because there is no way of doing it justice and I may risk sounding like a wimp.

I crossed the finish in 6 hours 2 minutes, over an hour and a half longer than Snowdon, with twisted knee and ankle and was rewarded with a plate of chilli and a hot chocolate. There was no time to relax though, as soon as Leeroy finished his chilli we had the walk back up the hill to pack away the tent and collapse into the car for the 5 hour journey to the Curry House in Dunstable.

Job done.

The Bleak month of January

I could not find a suitable challenge for January, seems everybody was detoxing and couldnt muster the energy for a decent event!

To make up for this I will be doing the London to Brighton bike ride in June. Rest assured you will get the 8 events of pain from me for you sponsorship money.

Ps If anybody fancies the shelterbox challenge in April let me know. I need another 3 members, for a team of 4. For details of the challenge visit endurancelife.com. If I cant get a team together I may have to settle for a less exciting event!

100 Rounds of Boxing

Sorry for the extreme delay , I survived. Pictures will follow very shortly!