recommend doing bike miles with someone better than you once a week. October's highlight: Got cake-calorie input up to five figures - 12,065October's lowlight: Have to wake up at 3am to eatWhat I learnt this month:Chocolate cakes are best. Seriously

huge difference - would really recommend doing bike miles with someone better than you once a week. October's highlight: Got cake-calorie input up to five figures - 12,065October's lowlight: Have to wake up at 3am to eatWhat I learnt this month:Chocolate

My Tri ProfileAge.... 25I have been running for... since Feb 2004Strengths... Determination once in an event, and a loathsome view ofquitting. Natural athlete, swam lots as a child, cycled loads all my lifeWeaknesses... A mystery problem resulting

-shirts of the runners and screaming support over and over again, kids offering sweets, local shops and pubs offering chocolate bars and fruits, the reverend blessing you, the bands playing, the marshals struggling to provide you water and on every corner the crowds

definitely do it again though. London is more than a race, it's a running experience.To celebrate, I shall be mostly eating chocolate and curries. I've had an ascetic monk's lifestyle for the past few months, so it's time for a blowout!!Index of all quotes

forumites, both trotting past (pausing only for a chat and a handful of jelly babies), and lending voice to the cheering.I spent a joyous race handing out baggies of jelly babies and various chocolate goodies to grateful hungry runners. It was all I could do

the winter clothes I had run in all through my training, and not have to panic about running the marathon in brand-new (and therefore likely to be highly chaffing) shorts and vest! Oh, and a gold star goes to the masseuse at the SPARKS hospitality event. She

My Tri ProfileAge.... Over 21I have been running for... On and off (mainly off) for nearly 25 yearsStrengths... Eating (except cauliflower and chocolate)Weaknesses... Eating (except cauliflower and chocolate)Ironman experience... How do you spell

of time I spend standing on my little island in the middle of the road worthwhile. Not to mention giving away all those jelly babies, chocolates, and of course, Hippo's gin and tonic (which Bear Behind managed to snaffle a drink of). As a person who's done

time. So my target will be to set a personal best time and of course enjoy the whole event.November and DeccemberNovember and December were bad months with the two races I had been preparing for going badly.The Ballbuster was a disaster. After some