2004 - What have you got planned

[El Gordo]

Hi Pollard

Good question. It's that time of year, isn't it?

Well, I've made the mistake before of planning (publicly) my races, only to find that injuries or some other better idea like a weekend-long bender got in the way, making me look even more foolish than nature alone had contrived. But...


I've already entered the Bath Half on March 7.

I'm thinking about the Hyde Park 10K on New Year's Day again.

I'm keen to do the Wokingham Half this year at the beginning of Feb.

The plan is to do a marathon at the end of April, though I've not yet decided which one. Which means I should aim to do the Bramley 20 end of Feb.

And there's Antonio's Almeria Half at the end of Jan, and a half in Ireland that I'd love to do in March, but these are susceptible to the unpredictable climate of domestic-politics. Probably unlikely, to be honest.

That's about it for the first few months. I'll leave the second half of the year till I see how I get on with the first.

Remember to book early for the Great North Run and (I kid you not), you want to start looking for accommodation NOW if you're planning on stopping over on Saturday night. Last year I booked one of the last rooms at the Premier Lodge in Gateshead in December (just about this exact week in fact). I couldn't find anywhere else that had a room within miles of Newcastle. The organisers buy them all up and sell them for double the normal price.