Last October, our friends suggested Paris in the springtime. It sounded wonderful and it seemed even better when they said we would see parts of Paris we hadn’t seen before. We weren’t even put off when they suggested doing it on foot rather than using the Metro.

Their next suggestion, a marathon, was a bit of a shock though but as April was still 6 months away, we entered.

Since then I've been training regularly - despite a short break over Christmas. The only problem is finding time to run... and having to face the British weather.