"Detailed race report to follow on Monday" I could almost hear you scoff in the background as I typed that, but it is on the way honest. I am now pretty much feeling back to normal and have spent the recovery time planning out my new training plan. Its back to the trails again on Monday, with the London Marathon being the target. 480 miles have been penciled in for the days up to Christmas, at which point the snow should be arriving and the training will switch to the variety which requires a pair of oversized chop sticks to be tied to my feet.

Anyway remember to stay tuned, after all there is a detailed race report to follow...

Short race report

Completed in 1 hour 44 minutes and 55 seconds with a finishing place of 1272 out of 3169. Detailed race report to follow on Monday...

Gone Running ! Results should be online here after 9pm gmt on saturday. Just fill in 4377 in startnummer click "sok" and as if by magic my result should appear. Otherwise i will be back with a full report on Sunday.

The hotel is book along with the train tickets, the kit is laid out and I am starting to get itchy feet (though at this point I had better add from wanting to get started and not from athletes foot) The race is now less than 48 hours away and I cant wait to get out there.

At 5 pm on Saturday the starters gun will, well go bang I guess, and the race will be under way. Runners will start their quest to see how far they can push themselves and see if there training has been sufficient. A test of both mind and body. I however will continue to stand on the spot. A stand against a society that keeps on telling us that exercise is good for us and that we should do more. Two fingers up to those who say I should get up early to go for training run. Come on all together now “ We shall not we shall not be moved…we shall not we shall not be moved…”

At 5.05 another gunshot will be heard and those yellow bellies ahead of me will abandon the protest. Not me however, united we stand, although those around me will be starting to show some distain with regard to my “tuneful” singing. Not until 5.10 will I start my waddle. The reason, and please don’t feel that I am at all bitter about this, is that I have been placed in the last start group. The organisers say this is where I belong due to the info supplied on my race application. Nothing to do with the fact that they didn’t ask for best 10km time on the web form but did with postal application. Ho hum. Well if that is the reason they want to give so be it, but I know the real reason. The Kenyans at the front of the field were getting very worried you see and wanted to have a 10 min head start just to be on the safe side.

That’s just the way it is, I don’t have a chip on my shoulder, that’s on my shoe. As soon as I cross the start line, big brother will know all about it. The microchip attached to my shoe will go beep or something and will keep track of me each time I cross a mat hired from the producers of James Bond until I finish.

I will finish, I must finish. 21kms mainly along the waterfront of Stockholm. Winding around the old town and taking in the sights. From the map it looks a great course, as long as I remember to look were I am going, and make sure I don’t fall in. I will finish, I must finish there’s a free chocolate bar waiting