Last year's achievements.

Last year I started running.

That's not to say I haven't run before.

I ran away from my brother when I was younger, I ran the pub as I got older and I ran to get fit enough to join the police when I was 20. But up until last year running was a chore I did to allow me to eat/drink what I wanted.

So what changed?

Firstly, my brother Joe signed up for the London Marathon 2010. A guy, who as far as I knew had never run, was doing something amazing and going for 26.2 miles with less than a year to go. Along the way, he raised a shedload of money for a great charity and inspired me and others to run.

Secondly, I realised that I wasn't doing enough exercise to keep up with
a) my kids and
b) my diet.

So when Joe asked me to run in a half Marathon in March 2010 which he was doing as a trainng event I figured it would be a good idea.

(not a great picture but seriously I was nervous as hell!)



 So in March, Joe, a few of his friends and I met in MK and did the mk half and to say I was bitten by the bug is an understatement.