Paris Marathon 2013

Dannirr..  top man!     I'll be doing London - Newhaven in a few weeks time.  First time will be on my bike as a reccy to see if its runnable...  and then I'll run it once I've sorted a safe run route.  This is the route I'll take for the Paris run in April.   Looking at your London - Brighton route it is very similar down to Crawley after which I will detour off to Newhaven.   I'll try to stick to the same route as you as much as possible unless there are safety issues or other restrictions.   It'll be fun, especially if we catch each other up on the way down.

Once I've done the Newhaven run that'll give me a good idea of how long I'll need and we can work back from there for start times.  It's got to be fun, so if you were thinking of stopping for lunch on the way then still factor that in to your times.  I don't want to change your plans.  

It'll be a good laugh...   and we need someone on the forum to update us both on progress in real time...  I'll have a GPS tracker which will show my precise position and it normally updates every 15 minutes.   Is there a way for your location/progress to be known in real time..?   At the very least, maybe we can have someone you can phone en-route at regular intervals..?   Or at least when you reach the various refreshment stops.

We'll definitely be there to see you on Saturday 3rd  

Changing the subject to shoe porn...     I've ordered the Hoka Bondi B..    its a major issue for me...  first proper shoe change since 2005.   Delivery will be sometime after 15th August.   At £130, its not cheap....   but...  I've spoken to enough ultra runners in the last week or so who are very pleased with Hoka...  so..  in my efforts to get rid of the orthotics I'm going to give them a go.   many runners at Badwater last month ran in Hoka....   hopefully they will work for me.

My 2 x 10 minute barefoot sessions are going well....    well, apart from running through dog poo tonight...  yuk....       that wasn't such a nice experience.   Apart from that, I'm enjoying it.

I thought this was Runner's World?!

Ha, joking.

Neil - amazing story. Have you a photo of the Corvette? I'd love to see it.

The new Mini - I'm sorry but I agree. It's a bit of a girl's car. But my car has a girl's name, I live it and so who cares?

Just watching Inglorious Basterds (sorry, taking a break from Olympic viewing post-running club tonight). Michael Fassbender is incredible - it's an amazing and grotesque movie. Some of the scenes are unbelievable, the movie itself doesn't really add up though...

DV - I'll use a GPS tracker too - I have one I usually use on long distance balloon flights.   We dont usually stop for lunch - I did the first time and then almost missed the cutoff time as I also had a breakdown that took me an hour to fix.  So now, aside from the mandatory stop in Crawley for doughnuts and a time check, we drive and only stop for petrol or mechanical issues. Oh, and the occasional "beverage".

I saw a bit in the news this morning about the Speed of Light run in Edinburgh this weekend, it looks very cool.

Dannirr: that Delahaye is beautiful. I love the running boards/ mudguards or whatever they are called. I know I could probably work it out from the times but it's easier to ask - what will your average speed be for the L-B run? I love the idea of this race, well done DV and Dannirr! And on DLR's 21st birthday as well!

Iain here's a picture as requested

Running Rodent - the 1-Series BMW shares the same diesel engine as the Mini - do you have the 1.6 or the 2.0L variant? Not that a RH drive BMW would be much use to me here in Belgium.

Dannirr/ DV - I suspect another possible vector on your car vs man race is possible. How about someone cycles from Brighton Pavilion to Regent's Park in London and then returns back to Brighton again. About the equivalent of a Tour de France stage. I could possibly be tempted into doing such a feat. This is on 4th Nov, yes?

Only had time for a quick km in the pool this morning. Thought I'd arrive at work sharp and fresh. All I feel is tired and in need of intravenous espresso. Can't be a good thing. Not sure I like the idea of stick a sharp needle in my leg Dannirr...

Anyone heard anything from Princess Fiona or NGUG recently? I'm conscious I haven't seen or heard from either of them in a while and i miss them.

Correction from me on BBC coverage, I spoke too soon.  Taekwondo is on BBC1 right now!  Get watching NB.

TD - That bike challenge interests me...bikes start in Brighton going to London and back while DV and Dannirr make their way down...bigice cream party (in november, brilliant!) on the beach at the end.  What's the average time for London to Brighton cycle?  Think we'd have to do it on touring or mountain bikes to make it equitable.

and on that running thing some of us do occassionally.  I had a really bad one this morning Took mon-wed as rest days as felt exhausted after wknd but had to get out today and it sucked.  VERY heavy legs, felt like no energy was going to them at all and my head was the same.  Feeling a bit better now though...hopefully wee 4miles has flushed a bit of whatever it is out.

I contacted the organisers of the London - Brighton car rally this morning to advise them of what we are going to do and I got a very enthusiastic reply back...    they are going to give me a special access pass so that I can get into the restricted areas  

Love the idea of including a bike race too...   you'll need to sort out real-time GPS trackers so that we know where you are!

I have nominated ATM to act as the communication centre to keep everyone advised of GPS locations etc.....

Neil.. car porn!   That looks stunning...  love the colour!

So should we make a list (as the list fairy is one of them) of MIAs and start speculating about what they're up to?  So far there's Princess Fiona, NGUG and KO...

Exchanged something with KOs on FB yesterday. She's been in the states for a while and think she could possibly be in Italy right now. Mausey - I hope the relative lack of success from the Ozzies compared to your superior and probably arrogant Pommie associates here at RWUK, isn't putting you off visitng.

the olympics gets a lot less interesting when your country stops winning things. 

I have  a new Twitter account, an amstrad-like pc and a whole loft full of carrier pigeons...How hard can tracking/reporting be?