Introduction

Thank you for visiting the blog which followed my progress as I trained for my first marathon, London on April 17th 2011.

This post acts as an introduction, and I've linked to some key points throughout the journey.

My first post from November, sets the scene, explaining how I came to be doing this in the first place. Then
this one gives you a bit of background on the London Marathon itself.

As a blind runner I have to train and compete with a guide, and since many people have never come across this before,
I’ve written a brief explanation. I would also like to point you towards this post, where the three guides I've been training with over the past few months, speak about the guide running experience from their point of view. I found it facinating and I run with them!

Not unreasonably many people wince at the thought of training for a marathon, but even the hardened, experienced runner doesn’t train for a marathon in week 1 of their programme.
Here I’ve listed the races I’ve entered, building up to the 26.2 distance. I’m effectively training for four races, the last just happens to be the London Marathon.

In between these races, I’ll write about any interesting training runs, post thoughts on running in general and anything else I think deserves to be shared.

Also look out for my weekly song posts. I explain why I don’t like the idea of running to music
here. I am however a fan of using music during preparation, and the songs I’m suggesting make what I think is a pretty good London Marathon playlist. See the list so far here.

Enjoy!