Ready Set Go....

Well nearly!
Saturday saw my last training run completed and rounds of best wishes and good luck from the Saturday bunch.

The weekend saw the end of this years very tough Marathon des Sables and my friend Rory Coleman succeeding in his strongest and fastest finish ever 143rd out of 850, and entering the record books as the the British Runner who has completed the most successive races.
Rory secured this honour with his 6th successive Marathon des Sables completion. So having completed over 900 miles of desert running in the Sahara and helped many runners achieve their dreams of reaching that finish line, I can't think of anyone I would rather be working with as our next venture unfolds...watch this space for more.

So as thoughts turn to my own challenge in Namibia on Saturday... I'm nearly packed...my kit is sorted...last minute emails have been flying in and out of my inbox, before I fly out on Wednesday.

I feel strong, fit and rested and ready to go the distance...78 miles in 24hours through the Oldest Desert on the planet, in whatever heat and conditions Namibia has in store for me. That's the secret....overcoming the challenges that you can't plan for but just have to cope with if you are going to succeed.

Those of you that followed last years blog will remember I had my race enhanced by urinating blood as suffering Rhabdomyolosis, halucinating and having the race doctor unwittingly trying to finish me off by giving me ibuprofen, which can cause liver failure in cases of Rhabdomyolosis (in all fairness, she never saw the state of my uirne till after the race was over), the bouts of pain always seemed to kick in far into the stages between the medical checkpoints and I was so determined to finish I never hung around them for long anyway. So my 15 hour estimate was extended to 21 hours due to the complications.

It's been an amazing year since then, and who knows what this race will hold in store, or indeed what the next year will hold for us all... one thing for sure is that I will still be here pushing my limits and helping as many people as I can to win in their struggle to reach their dreams and goals.

Thanks for all your kind words and support, see you all soon when I report back on Namibia 09.

more soon...