If you’ve not had chance to donate yet, just text ‘TOMD50 £5‘ to 70070 to give £5* to Oxfam for my Virgin London Marathon effort (*Change £ value to give more/less) Thank you to you lovely folk who’ve donated so far – we’re almost there! Read my full London Marathon race report here, and see what I went [...]
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It was pretty quiet as I walked up to the tube station at 7.30 on Sunday morning. The air was chilly, but — after a week of rain being forecast — the sky was clear. Two stops along the tube line, a girl with a red marathon kit-bag boarded the train and I started to [...]
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Not the usual running post, but one insight into why I do it: Safe water. We take it for granted – but in some communities, simple access to clean water can change lives. Alice Keji lives in a rural community in South Sudan. During dry seasons in the past, she would have to walk miles [...]
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If you’ve ever wanted to know how a wolf feels bounding through the woods, the thrill of the chase, the scent of the misty rains and the sounds of the birds echoing through an empty forest, do a trail run. And do a trail run through a forest in the mountains. In fact, do the [...]
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My alarm’s set for 3am, my bag’s still not packed. But it’s all good! Yikes. How did that happen? We’ve been waiting for this event for about a year or more. And it’s going ahead. And it’s nearly now. Thanks to all of you who’ve donated thus far (you know who you are) – we’ve [...]
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I’m useless at packing. I hate it. And I always pack far too much! I’m trying to work out what to remember, but I know I’m bound to forget whatever it is that I’ll need at the most awkward moment. So I’ve laid my gear all out on my bed. Is that really what’ll get [...]
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46 km, Brisbane Forest Park. 2000 m ascent. Night walk. It rained. Boy did it rain. Last Saturday we set out on our longest training walk yet, and decided to make it a night walk. We set out from The Gap and walked to Mt Nebo and back again, via the trails (South Boundary Road) [...]
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On Saturday night we trekked 50kms through the pouring rain on a training run. We were wet, cold, and very tired. But, warmed by the donations from our wonderful supporters. On Saturday night we walked half of our Trailwalker distance. And tonight (Monday) we’ve just reached our half-way fundraising mark, and have now raised $1505. [...]
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We’re still training…and in amongst it, we’re still fundraising! So, if you’d like to donate and give us more reason for putting ourselves through so much pain, please do so here! Thanks in advance! Tom, Meg, James and Des
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