I'm not sure whether hell has frozen over or not, but many of you know that I have for a few months now been training to drag myself round 10k at the end of October.

My naturally lithe and athletic physique notwithstanding (....!) I am actually going to find this quite a challenge. So I figured I ought to try and create some good from my pain, so am going to raise money for NACRO in the process.

There's some blurb on the left here about NACRO, but suffice to say my job leaves me in no doubt that they do very good work, with very difficult people, in extremely difficult circumstances. They are certainly one of the best resources available to us in the Probation service and have a clear commitment to doing everything they can to help ex-offenders turn their lives around. I won't bang on tediously about the punitive political climate, blah blah, but trust me, they are a phenomenal organisation who do not turn away from getting their hands dirty.

I would be so grateful for any support you might be able to offer.

Thanks for reading Xxx