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It might not get us a slot on Top Gear, but it's not a bad start to marathon training.

After a few jaunts to burn off the Christmas excesses (or to make me feel more virtuous about the excesses to come), training proper started on Monday 2 January 201

You remember back at the beginning of January when I set off on a hilly 8 mile run? Well, six weeks down the lines after twice weekly short runs, hills sprints, cross training and increasingly longer weekend runs I should have been bounding round tha

You remember that last soul destroying 8 mile run I attempted? Well, since then I have upped the training a bit but it has not been fun. I have been out by 7am, I have done some cross training (thanks Davina) and I have started doing hills sprints

That wonderful run a couple of weeks ago really spurred my training on. Up and out on Monday, Wednesday (before 6am!) and Friday, I ran over 30 miles in a week. Hugely impressed with my progress, I could not wait to get back out for Sunday's 12 miler.

As some of you will already be aware I have sadly had to drop out of the marathon due to an injury. I would never have believed just a few months ago how hard that decision would be. Or how much I would miss running.

But life, and training, continues

Last night, some of the members of JCI Sheffield gathered together and joined other supporters of Sheffield's Cathedral Archer Project to spend a night sleeping rough and experience what it might be like to be homeless, and raise money for this worthy

SAVE THE DATE! Here are all the details of upcoming local (JCI Portsmouth) and National events…

FEBRUARY/MARCH

10^th February 7pm-9pm. JCI PORTSMOUTH Level Up Your Life: Public Speaking  (PORTSMOUTH) Gavin Meikle aka The Presentation Doctor is

It only seems like a few weeks ago that JCI Sheffield was launching the plans for 2011 and looking forward to getting stuck in to a year of unknown opportunities and challenges. But I am sure you will know the feeling when I say that it seems as t

What is JCI all about, well I'll tell you. And this information does not come easily, it's taken the best part of a year for me to work it out. Finally, in Brussels, the answers came to me.

I arrived in Brussels with an open mind and passion for learni

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