Result

The sun shone, my nose stopped running and apart from two unexpected, huge blisters that kicked in at the 7km mark, the whole experience was pretty good.

Made it round the Hampton Court 10K in aid of Cancer Research in a fairly respectable time of 56.10. No records broken - in fact it could be my slowest "official" run ever, but given I was about to pull out on Tuesday, I'm well chuffed. J came ...

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Something fishy...

Imagine my shock a few minutes ago when I opened my tea-time scampi to discover a piece that looks like AN ACTUAL FISH! Is it a sign? Considered calling the local paper or trying to sell it on Ebay...but I'm too hungry

10K on Sunday....

I have stood up, been counted, and declared, "screw you Mother Nature! Man Flu shall not stop me!" My Bestival cold is still in full effect and I had seriously considered pulling out of the Cancer Research 10K on Sunday, but the thought of waking up on Sunday (no doubt with a hangover) knowing I should have been there, the training I have been doing and the knowledge that two people sponsored me persuaded me to have a tentative jog this evening. I made it 7.5km and decided that I could just about manage it round the course.

I'll be puffing along at the back with the fat chicks, but at least I'll have done it.

Bestival

Ah, so it was all worth it in the end. All the stress of getting the ticket melted away in the baking hot sunshine on the Isle of Wight. This time two weeks ago I was getting ready to go, ensuring everything was packed (except, unfortunately, for the Pritt Stick that would have made my fancy dress costume marginally less rubbish looking than it ultimately was).

A few niggles aside - the ...

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I survived

Bestival. 2 Polish weddings. First day of new job. Done.

4 hours to get out of the festival, 17 hours of Polish train travel and a Bestival-related headcold later, I can finally take some time to relax and look back on the last week and a half....

Got some Bestie photos here....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tattie_chomper/sets/72157622427807070/

Will update more about the fun and frolics on the Isle of Wight and in Polska over the next few days. Suffice to say it was all worth it.

Just another nondescript evening in London town

Will I ever get tired of this view?

C'mon boys!

Yep, all that needs to be said for tonight's crunch game against Slovakia is.....

COME ON NORTHERN IRELAND!!!!!!

Bestival calling...

Yep, finally, I have my ticket.

After calling Wightlink back again on Monday to be told the same vague shit about it "definitely being with me in the next couple of days", I asked to speak to someone who could tell me exactly what was going on. A very helpful supervisor called Henry finally explained that I was just the unlucky one (although not sure how many other people were affected) and he ...

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Wightlink fail

On 2nd June, I paid £225 to Wightlink in an attempt to be organised and take advantage of a combined ticket for Bestival and the car ferry to the Isle of Wight.

For the past 3 months, I've been looking forward to the festival, spending money on camping equipment etc, using my final holidays for the year and checking the news and line up information almost daily.

It is now the Sunday before the ...

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Ran 10km tonight

Got home from work, strapped on the gutties and off I jogged. I am a running machine!

Not literally, obviously. Things would be a bit weird if I were to lie in my local gym allowing people to run on the spot on top of me. Besides, if any item of furniture sums up my outlook on life, its a comfy plastic chair in the cafe, near the drinks machine and with a nice view of the swimming pool.