Over the summer, I had the pleasure to teach in South Africa. Both in the Mamelodi Township and later on in inner city Johannesburg. Whilst I was in Mamelodi, I visited the school library on a free period and noticed a new delivery of books - the same books I had been using in my PGCE placement school.

It turned out that School-Aid had recently sent them a supply of books that would mean for the first time ever, the kids would have lots of information to go with what the teachers told them. Something I know they will lap up!

Now, anyone who knows what happened when I ran the Berlin Marathon, will know that I vowed never to do it again. But I've solely entered it because of raising money for charity. And I'm really hoping that this small charity could get a little boost from my plodding along. the marathon is part of a big raft of races that I'm running, so surely it's worth a little bit of cash?!

Races:

29th January - Chenobyl 10k, Preston - 49:31

19th Febrary - Brighton Half Marathon - 1:55:11 (adjusted time after the race was over half a marathon by 0.4 miles!)

11th March - Dronfield 10k, Chesterfield

25th March - Lincoln 10k

9th April - Easter 10k, Nottingham

29th April - Manchester Marathon

20th May - Great Manchester 10k

27th May - Sheffield Half Marathon

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