7/27

So I have been trying to get another few videos up but as I have just moved house, we haven't set up internet yet so hopefully in a couple of weeks I can get them going on a regular basis.

Training is going well and i'm looking forward to racing again next week in Portland, Maine at the Beach to Beacon 10km. It'll be nice to break up the training before going into some heavy half marathon work. I'm trying to get into the Great North Run right now so I should be back in the UK in September. I may also race 2 weeks before, either in Yorkshire (Great Yorkshire Run) or Tilburg, NED (Tilburg10km) so I will be away from home for a little while if this is the case. This will all lead up to my next marathon which is going to be the Fukuoka marathon on December 5th. It was a tough decision which marathon I was going to run (Chicago or Fukuoka) but it the end I had to go with my gut feeling. I am excited about running in Japan again and running against some great competitors. They are setting up the race to so that we will reach the half way mark at 64 mins so I am looking forward to being in the mix and racing the last half of the race. The only downside of doing this race is that my wedding is 2 weeks before but Julie will be happy that I won't be drunk! She has been very understanding about doing the race after the wedding and actually encouraged me to run it. This means that I won't be running on my honeymoon (after the marathon) so I can truly relax and not worry about training. 6 weeks before the marathon, I am hoping to run the first Rock 'n' Roll LA Half Marathon. It fits perfectly into the training and its not that far away so that will be a good race to see how I am going on the lead up to the marathon.

We have completed moving into our house now and we are so happy with it. I love the kitchen and its so much easier to cook in there rather than the cramped apartment we were in before. Its still going to take a few weeks to sort everything out but once we do, I will get some photos or video up on here.

It was great to see the result of the European champs 10km this afternoon with a GB 1-2 even though it was disappointing not be there. Hopefully the selectors will have faith in me the next time.

I'll take my video camera with me to the race next week so will try and get some footage from the race for you all.

I'm now off to bake a cake now as its Julie's birthday. I've managed to get some crunchies and maltesers from the UK (Julie's favourite) to put on top of the cake so hopefully I won't ruin the cake part!