I am currently working on several projects using the fabulous Web 2.0 communication site Twitter.
Twitter is great for staying in touch with people - utilizing a sort of amalgam of a micro-blogging engine, Instant Messaging and lots of technological integration gubbins.
I will be posting updates on my training, as well as my other Personal Development projects on my Twitter feed - http://twitter.com/scramblejam.
Another in a long line of bad ideas - I have just signed up to the Mens Health Weight Loss Awards (click here).
If I can get a place, this would be a great way to motivate myself to lose weight, get fit and get the training and support I need to overcome the initial few months of training. Motivation is one of the areas where I struggle the most, especially over a long period.
Even if I don’t get accepted, I am going to explore the possibilities inherent in opportunities like this and see if I can leverage some ideas into my own m0tivation.
That’s it then… As of today, no-one else can enter the ballot for the Flora London Marathon for 2008.
I am still holding a very positive intention for a place in next years Marathon - with it coming 3 months before the main Kili climb, I know that it will be a great milestone for my training. I was one of 10,000 people who entered online in only 6 days - competition for the places will be fierce, and as a rookie I am somewhere near the bottom of the pile.
“What you focus on grows” though, so I have been trying to spend 10-15 minutes a day holding positive thoughts about getting a place (and not bricking it about the distance). If you want to help out, and can’t donate, then please do the same and support me with your mind!
Ultimately, things will work out for the best, and if I don’t get a place then it’s probably because the team upstairs only want my ass kicked once next year 
Yay me! I have just returned victorious from my first ever race - A simple (but not easy) 5K at the local athletics center.
Despite feeling like barely-animated death as I went round, I feel fabulous now and am so proud of myself for not dropping out (despite great temptation). All the usual highs associated with running are buzzing through me ten-fold, and I feel like I could take on the world…
Not bad for a guy with a stinking head cold, and a strained knee!
My genuine thanks to my fab running buddy Debi (she beat my time by loads), and to Neale for coming along and supporting me (and taking the pic below).
I have officially become a maven of bad ideas…
As of about 5 minutes ago, I am an entrant in the Flora London Marathon 2008. Not only have I put myself forward to voluntarily force my still-overweight frame over 26.2 tortuous miles of London tarmac, I’ve had to pay 30-odd quid for the privilege.
The likelihood of a place for a rookie like myself is slim, as there are a lot of people entering for very few places - with many going to people who have entered multiple times before and been turned down (no surprises, this is my first go). I am not going to let this phase me, and am confident that if I the Universe wants me to have a place, then I’ll get one.
To everyone out there reading this now… I’ve got to wait till the end of November before I’ll find out, so if you want to send any positive vibes my way I’ll be eternally grateful (though I may curse your name on the day 
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