The story so far. 

I hardly believe I'm writing this but next September I'll be taking part in the great North run dressed as a roman soldier, as part of a group of veterans called the great North legion. 

We've been given places by various military charities, mine being with the Royal marines charity but we all have the same aim........to help our forces lads and lasses on the road to recovery. 

So, a few weeks ago I was a fat knacker that struggled to put his socks on, let alone run. 

At the time of writing this I'm 16lb lighter and managing three to four three mile runs a week, unbelievable for somebody who thought running was something you did to get to greggs for the last sausage and bean melt!

Anyway, sponsor me at some point if you can spare a few quid and I'll try and make you proud of me. 

Thanks for reading this.