HELL Runner 2009

Hmm, not quite sure what I've got myself into here...



This is the first big event in my training in the run up to Borneo.

It's going to be nature at its toughest. It's 11 miles (longer than I've ever run before). That's almost a half marathon, but I think it's going to be much tougher with rough terrain, steep hills and muddy pools to navigate.

So I've got to train hard over the next couple weeks. Today I did my first really long practice run - from Clapham Junction, 1.5 times around Clapham Common, back to Brixton, then twice around Brockwell Park. Mapping it out when I got home, I was pleasantly surprised that it was a total of 9.3 miles - so not far off my target.

I think the longest I ran before was Bay to Breakers in San Francisco in 2005. That was 7.5 miles, which I did in 1:06 so my target is to hit the same pace for Hell Runner.

Wish me luck!! Or even better, make a donation to Borneo for this - we're over 2/3 of the way towards our target of £10k now but still got over £3000 to raise by the end of the year...