Last day before the race. A day to do nothing but rest, drink water, eat pasta and keep an eye on the temperature. I picked up a nasty bug this week but hope I’m through the other side. But really looking forward to a great day tomorrow and hoping to match in effort the amazing generosity of all my sponsors. You can follow my progress by downloading the London Marthon spectator APP. My number is 18665. I’m hoping to finish within 5 hours.

Last few days before the race and now the priority is resting, recovering and carb loading. I’ll be eating as much pasta and drinking as much water as I can manage over the next few days. Tonight I tried out the costume on a run through T Wells. A few odd looks but great to find out that it’s comfortable and doesn’t rub!

So many runners wear costume to add colour to the spectacle of the race and to boost their fund raising. Not to be left out, I will be running as a Roman centurion with shield and sword thrown in! Thanks Patsy for all your help and creativity in getting the costume together!