This Sunday is the Bristol 10k. Eek. Part of me is excited, but the sensible part knows how hard it will be ( Read more... )

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I am running the Bristol 10K in a month's time and I figured it would be good to set up a sponsorship page to raise money for Tanzania. I had no idea if it would get any response, but I've been completely blown away by how many kind generous people are out there. In under 24 hours it is over £800. I don't expect it will rise much more, given that ( Read more... )

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This is a pretty bad comparison pic as one is close up of my face and the other is a body shot, but you get the idea.

The 40kg weight I am holding represent the 40kg I have lost. I have another 35kg or so to go. I am not much looking forward to having to hold 75kg of weights for that photo!


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I am still working hard on the exercise front. I have now dropped 5 stone in 20 weeks. Here is a before/current photo. There is still more progress to be made, but it is good to see there are already results. The second photo is from this past weekend. I visited Cornwall with some friends and had my first AirBnB experience - I had a fantastic time ( Read more... )

Now I am grown man, I have decided to sort my spending out. For a long time I spent more than I earn. That was fine because I had healthy savings. Now I have bought a flat I have very little rainy-day money ( Read more... )

Life has been so busy of late. This time last year I would get home from the office at 5pm and slump in front of the telly til bedtime around 1am. Now my bum rarely gets to touch the sofa. I now go to the gym every morning before work, plus take the dog for a walk. My evenings are either spent with the mutt or I do a pub quiz, play table tennis, go ( Read more... )

Meet Juno, the new addition to my home:


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