The Blog begins!

This is the start of my blog/diary for my preparations for the London Triathlon 2005 which takes place on August 6th. I am taking part in the 'sprint' event, which begins with a 750m swim in open water, followed by a 20km bike ride and topped off with a 5km rum. At this point I'm not actually sure where the sprinting bit comes in. I'm doing this in aid of a great charity called SOS Children. Please consider sponsoring me, which is easy to do as I have an online fundraising page - just hit the link at the side. I've also put the charity's link there too so you can find out more about their work.

OK on the training front I went running this morning, in the pouring rain. I reckon it was around 5 miles, but I was running the wrong way round (if you were driving) the ring road so I can't measure it. I was then extra specially good and did some sit ups and stretches.

I hope that posting in this blog will give me a lot more incentive to train, because if I slack off, everyone will know. I must stop thinking that it's the beginning of the year and that there's plenty of time before the Triathlon - there isn't!