Apologies for not posting another blog sooner. Injuries, slower pace and thus more time on my feet running (shuffling) has meant less time for doing this sort of thing. Here’s a summary of days 3-6:Day three: Barnsley to ChesterfieldHideous. The Gods of ice and rain battled it ou...

London Marathon in 2000, not only was Turner a first-timer, but he had no previous experience of running whatsoever. "I was approached by an AIDS charity to run the marathon for them, but I had never done any running before. I had asthma as a kid

portion was £1.20 and I only had £1, a sweaty charity bib, and an exhausted look on me. Not enough apparently. Thanks also to the traffic warden who, when I was lost 0.25 miles from the end, sent me half an hour out of my way off towards the M1 out of town

first-timer, but he had no previous experience of running whatsoever. "I was approached by an AIDS charity to run the marathon for them, but I had never done any running before. I had asthma as a kid, and never did much exercise. Taking on the marathon