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Thirty-something (do not ask!) now, I was born in Portslade, classically educated all over the place, and am now back in Portslade (for the past 3 years) following 12 years in London, living in a house 5 doors from the one I grew up in. Two-time marathon runner...no, sorry...two-time marathon finisher (London, 2005 and 2008), I told myself 'never again' on both occasions. And now I have a place in 2010's inaugural Brighton marathon. I'll be blogging about this lot of preparation (for previous instalments, PLEASE visit my old blog at www.leecolgate.blogspot.com - it's quite funny), living and working (above Jamie Oliver, if you please. I KNOW!) in Brighton and general musings on life. In between posts, get little teeny snapshots of my latest state-of-mind if you like - follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/leecolgate.
Posted at 5:34pm Monday 19th April 2010
What a brilliant, brilliant day
That was the first of what I hope will be many, annual runnings of the Brighton Half Marathon. An utter triumph for the City, individual triumphs for around 8,000 runners and a brilliant day out for the 80,000 or so spectators.
Posted at 8:49pm Friday 16th April 2010
Last preparatory run done. So that's it then
I got up this morning to do my final training run, a 30-minute jog. I decided I'd freak out completely and throw up instead, though, so I ended up doing it this evening when I got home.
Posted at 9:23am Wednesday 14th April 2010
Posted at 6:57am Wednesday 14th April 2010
Fear creeps in, accompanied by resignation
Either I'm ready or I'm not. It's too late to do much about it at this stage.
Posted at 8:03pm Sunday 11th April 2010
Normal service has been restored - not too late, am I?
I have a home internet connection again. Just in time for it all to be over. Hey ho
Posted at 8:16am Monday 22nd March 2010
Still without internet, but still running
Sky and Virgin between them are conspiring to make modern living impossible. But my legs still work.
Posted at 2:03pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Posted at 2:42pm Monday 22nd February 2010
Posted at 7:29am Sunday 21st February 2010
Posted at 1:13pm Saturday 20th February 2010
Last pre-race run - what a glorious day again!
February's giving some delightful weather, which I hope stays with us until about midday tomorrow. After that I hope to be in the pub and it can do what it likes!
Posted at 7:36am Thursday 18th February 2010
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