Highs and lows..

After two weeks sat on the injured step i finally got my marathon training started today, 6 miles in the pouring rain with no pain and life could not be better. The thrill of running and the time it gives you to think can not be beaten, and to anyone who says they can't, you can. Followed by a lovely muscle easing swim at old Duncan Banatynes gym and i was happy as a pig in mud.
I then spent the afternoon in with the kids writing Christmas cards, doing our lists for Santa and generally planning for the big guy visiting with his bulging sack, Adults add your own punch line.
A lovely Sunday that couldn't get better, and then came the low, Whilst my wife was in the bath i was sneaking a few mins on the Xbox (if you have not tried it Modern Warfare 2 is awesome) when my youngest shouted from the kitchen there is water coming from the ceiling. To cut a long and painful (and probably very costly) story short the pipe under the bath had burst sending water through the ceiling which then hit and blew up the fridge!!!
Cue a Monday spent calling plumber, insurance company and sorting out a new fridge - on top of this i have a major new project starting at work tomorrow, oh the joys of being a Father!

Brownie night

Thursday night is Brownie night, it's when i rush home through the lovely Leeds traffic to get to Brownie HQ for 6 where i pick my wife up (she has just dropped off at the Brownies) and then return an hour later to pick up said Brownie. I was a little late tonight, mainly due to the fact the traffic coming out of Leeds did not recognise that i was on a mission to Brownie HQ and they needed to part like the Red Sea for Moses. My wife rang to say she would start walking back, i suggested that i wouldn't be long and that on current timing would probably catch up near the Vine Tree pub.
On arriving (not by chance) just outside the pub and it was suggested we catch a quick drink and before returning to collect our little Brownie. Why is it as parents when you visit the pub you feel like you are naughty, sneaking a quick drink before you are found out. After a hard day in the office the pint of Becks Vier was like heaven, and then the entertainment began. Two grown men, clearly a little drunk, in a near deserted pub "offering" each other "outside" whilst having a very loud drunken argument. This was very amusing and completely childish, before you get the imagine of young larger louts, these were grown men in business suits!!
Before you know it time to collect little Brownie and then return home to get snuggled up for the night in front of the TV, how blooming cold is it today!
Later dudes, anybodt there yet??

Hello, is there anybody out there??

Well this is my first ever blog so i thought i would introduce myself, i heard about this blogging lark (although i originally confused it with Dogging, don't make the same mistake it could be embarassing!) and thought i would give it a try.

Still not sure if anybody would read it or indeed would want to read it but here goes anyway.

I am a simple man with simple needs, or at least that's what my wife says. I want to loose weight but like most people find it very hard, i have turned to running to help and you can follow me in my quest.

I am 36 years old and i am a Advertising Sales Manager for the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper in Leeds. I have two girls aged 16 and 10, add in the wife and you can imagine getting to the bathroom in my house is like getting a one to one with Elvis!

Life has many challenges, loosing weight is my biggest, to help i am once again running the London Marathon (this will be my 4th) in April 2010. This year i am running to raise money for the excellent Barnados charity, a truely excellent charity that raises much needed funds for kids that need it. If you think running a marathon is hard, training for 6 months in the cold is harder, especially when your best friends are Central Heating and Beer!

Time to go them nice little boys Ant & Dec are about to come on the telly, speak soon.

Let me know if there really is anybody out there, can anybody here that echo??