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Well, I always said I'd do it five times on the trot, and here I am beginning my preperations for the first ever Virgin London Marathon. I am running again this year for PhabKids.

Every year so far I have targeted that illusive four and a half hours and have failed to achieve it by a very long way! So the need for a radical change has been recognised. For those of you who haven't seen me for some time, I guess that change would be more noticeable - the suit trousers bunched up with the tightest belt possible, the discovery that the face actually contains bones!

Yep, I've stopped eating the pies and to date have lost four stone in weight since last year, couple that with normal running attire instead of the rediculous apple outfit and I feel I could be going out with a bang!

Many thanks for all your support over the past years, I will never bother you again, once I stagger over that line in 2010 I'm not going to hang up my running shoes - I'm going to burn them and anything else that suggests 'fitness' in my wardrobe!

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Ian