Football, Physio and Fancy-Dress

I know this is my third post in as many days, but I read something this afternoon which I felt needed to be shared.

In an earlier entry I wrote about fancy-dress. Someone had asked me if I were going running the marathon in a costume, a suggestion that was quickly cast aside.

I did however point out that, were I to go as something, then it would need to be one half of a pair since I’m attached to someone else. Salt and Pepper pots, Chuckle Brothers and the like, that sort of thing. I certainly didn’t consider this as an idea:

A product engineer from Wiltshire is going to be running his first London Marathon dressed as a pair of testicles to raise awareness of male cancer.

Stuart March, from Calne, is hoping to raise some £2,000 for the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC).

He got the idea after seeing someone else run as the charity mascot in the Brighton Marathon last year.

Apparently Mr Testicles has taken part in four marathons - New York, Chicago, LA as well as Brighton - but like Stuart, this will be his first London outing.

See the story I read on the
Press Association website, it's well worth a look.

Calf update: as I expected it’s tight, not torn. The left leg, along with lots of other bits of me, were given a fair old battering tonight. These physios don’t hold back!

Wokingham decision to be made on Thursday.

And, not only will April be my first marathon, but my first trip to Wembley for football, following Brentford’s victory over Exeter in the Johnston’s Paint Trophy tonight. It’s fair to say, there have been times this year when a blog post featuring the subjects of Brentford and bollocks wouldn’t have been a happy coincidence (Yeovil and Dagenham, ahem).

It might not be the glamourous end of football, but I guarantee you’ll see more entertainment on April 3rd than when England play there.