Race against the 73 bus.

Last night I started the first of what will be many cold runs through the dark streets of London.
It can be a little tough finding the motivation to leave work, and run home, in the cold and wet, but then as I ran up Essex road I noticed I was neck and neck with a 73 bus.
Sure the bright light inside looked inviting, but with most people tossed about with the erratic breaking and acceleration of the 73 bus drivers, I saw someone actually head butt a strangers shoulder. I had my headphones in and I decided a race was on. Firstly to see if I could beat the bus and secondly to prove how slow London busses are.

1. From Angel to Packington street (274 meters) Neck and neck
2. Packington street to North Church road (923 meters) I pulled ahead slightly.
3. North Church road to Balls Pond Road (1.3miles) My legs couldn’t keep pace, but it was in sight.
   
4. Balls Pond Road to Newington green (1.42 miles) Haha, traffic lights held the bus up I'm catching up, but I've really slowed down
5. Newington Green to Barbuld Road The FINISH (1.88 miles) the bus got lucky, a clean strech of road and it pulled away to victory
   

Damn it!

But as I’m at the start of my training for the marathon in Edinburgh next year, I now have a side mission.

I must beat the bus home. From Angel to Barbuld Road, nearly two miles against the bus. The challenge is on!

If you can spare some pennies and some pounds to sponsor me I'm rasing money for the children from The Foundation for Devloping Cambodian Communites, please donate here:

http://www.mycause.com.au/Running62kforthekids

Every adventure needs a start

Next year I'll be running the Edinburgh Marathon on May 22nd, and 8 days later on May 30th Eliza and I are running the Bupa 10k in London. That's 62k or 38 miles in total between the two of us in just over a week.

So every challenge needs a start right?

Last week I did my first run, 2 miles, before my chest wheezed like Vader, and my thighs filled with sand. I've got a whole winter of freezing cold runs, eating lots of bananas and stretching in front of me, so I'll be keeping a blog of all the things that happen between now and then, the tough bits, the funny bits and everything in between.

And you might ask why? Why do people run marathons and put themselves through the pain of winters when a cosy pub fire is calling you? Well it's simple really, I'm running to raise money to help the kids of Mekhala House, if you are reading this and you know me, then you'll know how passionate I am about taking good care of those kids and doing everything I can to help. If you don't know me, then you'll soon understand why.
If you'd like to donate you can here: http://www.mycause.com.au/Running62kforthekids

Oh, plus you get a medal when you cross the finish line!

So to get you started here's a funny picture of me last year doing the London Marathon, as you can see, I am no proffesional, it's hard work. Oh and I was in a 17kg donkey suit!