Getting to the start line of the London marathon has been quite a journey!

I initially got a ballot place for the London marathon 2020; then when that didn’t happen, I transferred to 2022, and when that moved to autumn, transferred again to 2023. However, in March 2023, I picked up an injury and had to defer.

So here, we are, only 4 years late. For more musings on it all, and a few detours into other running stuff, see my blog entries tagged with London marathon and my London posts on Mastodon.

Although my place for London is a ballot place, I am taking this opportunity to do a little fundraising for Garden House Hospice, which I go past on my training runs,

Garden House Hospice do marvellous work providing end-of-life care and support to patients and their families, and I know the money raised will make a difference to their work. This was also the North Herts Road Runners (NHRR) charity of the year for 2019/2020, when I was originally supposed to be running, and with events cancelled that year, many charities found their income reduced, so it feels fitting.

Thank you very much to anyone supporting my efforts with a donation! I’ll do my best to keep smiling at the end as in below photo of me at the Cambridge half, which I used as a training run.

Image description: Me waving and smiling while walking towards the finish straight. I'm wearing running gear; leggings with highland cows, my club vest, a bright pink top and a race number.