<p><strong>Hello.</strong></p> <p><strong>After my adventures running the London Marathon last year, I signed up again. It seemed a good idea at the time. </strong></p> <p><strong>This year has been somewhat hectic, what with work and family commitments, hence I am posting this with only 2 weeks to raise my target for my Barnardos entry. Please help! </strong></p> <p><strong>Training has been interesting, especially during that cold spell a while back. One advantage however is that my daughter has started running with me and has become my training buddy. We sometimes fit in a quick 10km run after work. </strong></p> <p><strong>As per last year I am running the London 2011 Marathon for the charity 'Barnardos'.&nbsp; Barnados is one of the UK's leading charities and they are a fantastic bunch. I was very happy for them to accept my application to run for them again. </strong></p> <p><strong>I will upload or email post marathon photos and my race time (only 4:05:37 to beat) so please check here after 17 April 2011. In fact give me a couple of days to recover at least.</strong></p> <p><strong>Thank you so much for your support.</strong></p> <p><strong>Mark Friend</strong></p>