May 19th

“From the moment I came through the doors I felt an atmosphere and a vibe here, from the nurses all the way through to the kitchen staff. The hospice has that homely feeling. I felt like I was joining an exclusive club.” Jill Brittain from Highgate

March 27th

When I first thought about training for the marathon I pictured all those famous long distance runners like Haile Gabri Selassie, Rosa Mota and (arguably the greatest of them all) Forest Gump. And after the gruelling Hastings Half Marathon left

March 6th

Scooby Doo, Dumbo the Elephant, Mr Tickle, Mr Bump and an eight foot Giraffe all managed to cross the finishing line of the London Marathon last year.I, like everyone else, have stood there by the

February 14th

I think my stomach wall came off last weekend five miles into my long Sunday run. When the nice guy at Covent Garden’s Marathon shop, where I bought my super duper, air cushioned, specially moulded trainers, said this would happen I just thought “nah,

January 31st

“Eat five a day, one of each colour,” is the great advice my friends-***-health experts have been giving me over the past few weeks. When I was a lad it used to be enough to have an apple a day to keep the doctor away, but now they want me to

January 24th

ALL I have to do to complete the Flora London Marathon and get my hands on a medal is to put one foot in front of the other about 55,000 times in a row. Psychologically I prefer to think about it that way, rather than ponder the 26.1 miles.