Some of you may be aware that at the end June, 26th to be exact I will be competing in my first ever marathon.  London wasn't available so in a moment of madness I signed up for an off road marathon starting and finishing in Woolacombe (North Devon Marathon). After some proper investigation, something I really should have done before committing I found that it's rated as the 6th hardest marathon in the UK, in main due to it's 1,000 metres of ascent. Winning time in the past few years has been around the 3hrs 30min mark so no records from me, 5 hours if I'm lucky.

Wish me luck!!