WOW

Did a brilliant run this evening around Epperstone, Gonalstone, Hoveringham, Caythorpe and Lowdham. Yup, I know what you're thinking... " Baz, these small villages sound like STD's! " and to that i would scream, " YES! I know!.. but, they are very beautiful indeed... "

The thing I love about all this training the most is the scenery. I see things that i would never normally get the chance to see and that makes it all worthwhile. It hurts and it is a pain in the arse and sometimes I wish I never bothered with the lake garda Marathon, but I am very with pleased my efforts this evening.

I did 7 miserable miles yesterday and it was just not happening. I made the mistake of drinking too much energy drink beforehand and I felt like a twat, basically.

During the 11 or so miles I ran this evening through the aforementioned "Itchy Villages" I saw the following:

1. A reservoir
2. The Cross Keys pub
3. The Black Horse pub
4. The Railway pub
5. The Magna Carta pub
6. The Old Ship pub
7. Big house with tennis court
8. A beautiful lake
9. Horses
10. And a thousand acres of fields

So here I am. Very happy with my efforts this evening and trying not to think about the TWENTY MILES i am doing on Sunday morning. If i can do that I reckon I might be rocking as the marathon is only 6 miles more.

Listen. I gotta go.

GEEJAY.X

Parking Ticket

I forgot to mention in my previous post that i got a parking ticket whilst in Brighton. Here's the letter i sent to Brighton Council. I wait with baited breath for the reply.

PCN NUMBER: BH23281332

Dear Sir / Madam

On the 27/07/2009 I received a ticket for parking my car legally with a permit displayed in the window.

Can you please pass this letter on to the traffic warden in question.

Thanks. What a lovely surprise it was to see your little ticket flapping on my windscreen. Really really really really really really nice.

Are you Hitler disguised as a traffic warden? What is your malfunction? What is your game? Is it because I am Welsh? Is it because Brighton has a rubbish football team? Did the older kids pick on you in school?

We purchased a parking permit form the hotel which allowed us to park in zone C. We had also displayed the permit clearly. In fact it couldn't have been clearer really.

Please find enclosed the permit which the hotel provided us with, which I paid for. Might be an idea to familiarise yourself with it. Just in case you see another one on another car. We could call it training.

It's always a good idea I find to not drink so much before heading out to work that you can't even think or see. I do realise that you are going through a tough time what with wifey moving to Hastings with the painter and decorator but I have your best interests at heart baby.

Writing this letter is making me feel sick. I mean really really sick. You have ruined my Monday, Tuesday and now my Wednesday. What makes things slightly easier is the image I have in my head of you all alone listening to Phil Collins drinking cheap Whisky dreaming of the good old days.

Please write back to me informing me that you will not be perusing me for the 70 pounds.

Yours faithfully

brighton rocks.

The last few days have not been brilliant Marathon training days. The problem I'm finding is that on weekends we have stuff planned and my little schedule says that on Sunday, " one must run for 18 miles. " which is not at all practical when one is in a wedding in Portsmouth. I keep on thinking that maybe one should cancel all social events until the race but it's not always that easy to especially when you are as popular as me.

Bumped into the SFA in a service station just outside Oxford which was random. They were telling me that they were playing an ice cream festival which confused me somewhat. Was the stage made out of ice cream?

The wedding was superb. We all caught a boat from the marina to a pub and i made lots of new friends. We even had fish and chips as seen in the picture above.

Went to Brighton then on Sunday for a look around. Saw the worst band i have ever seen in my life. They turned one song into " man in the mirror. "

Loved Brighton. I have been a few times before. The most memorable visit was when i was tour managing zabrinski who were supporting Gorky's Zygotic Mynci for a few week. But that is definitely a story for another day.

Listen i gotta go.

Hwyl.

longtime no blog....

Alright? How are you doing? I am fine and dandy. This is my blog where I will share my thoughts on things like running, and music.

I just set up the just giving thing for the marathon i am running in September which is pretty much talking over my whole mind right now. I have led a pretty unhealthy life since the age of 16 and it is pretty mad how much things have changed since February of this year. Not too many late nights, tuna for lunch and lots of training.

The last 2 weeks have been pretty rubbish due to a death in the family which has resulted in lots of moping around the house. But feeling tip top now.

Deb took the above picture of me last night in the garden. The little blue pipe on my shoulder is a connected to water. I look silly and feel even sillier whilst out on my travels. I actually get quite a bit of abuse from kids. Recently a gang of kids ran up alongside me and starting pulling the pipe and a few weeks ago a group of kids tried to push me into the Taf, which was nice. Speaking of which i didn't realise that the Taf was actually clean enough to swim in?! On a hot day there are literally hunderds of kids swimming around without a care in the world. Wouldn't fancy that myself.

I gotta go so catch you later.

Hwyl

Baz