Hallo!

Having been out in the wilderness for a while in terms of running I've decided to get my act together and give the London 10K a crack.

Aiming to beat my 10K record of around 38 mins, set at Strathclyde Park, although it's been a few years!

I thought I'd try and raise money for a different charity from the norm: the Anne Frank Trust UK. Visit http://www.annefrank.org.uk/node/5 to see their work in the UK, and http://www.annefrank.org.uk/node/52 in Scotland.

"The Anne Frank Trust UK is the British partner organisation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Our mission is to draw on the power of Anne Frank's life and diary to challenge prejudice and reduce hatred, encouraging people to embrace positive attitudes, responsibility and respect for others."

"The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. James’s Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area.

The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.

Runners pass many of London’s famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra’s Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish."

So get out your plastic and PLEASE sponsor me!

Ta,

Jamie.