I've not run a marathon before.  I not even going to guarantee that I'll make the start line of this one, with bones this old, but I'm sure as hell going to try!

As a marathon is something I've never been fool enough to try before, (and I'm almost certain to realise I never want to repeat!) I thought I should mark the moment for doing as much as I can for a local charity called Heartstart Thatcham.  These guys are brilliant, and they literally save lives by both teaching people what to do when there is a life-threatening emergency, and they provide the AEDs ("Stand clear" Fzaaaaapz) machines locally which can be used by members of the community in an attempt to save anybody urgently in need.  These natty devices are fully capable of both monitoring, and defibrillating, and instructing anybody using it on and emergency case how to save lives.

I'll keep you posted to my training and hopefully will tell the tale of my success and aches in early April.