Having had to stop running in early 2010 due to tendon problems, followed by operations in July 2010 and a long slow rehabilitation, this will be my first road race (and only 2nd race: I did a cross country in early October 2011) for around 2 years.

I entered GSR privately (ie not through a charity-allocated place) and wasn't sure I'd run it at all until just a week before, so did not want to ask for sponsorship. However, since I am running I thought that I would take a late chance to raise some funds for my favourite charity, the RNLI. Every little helps, so please donate what you can.

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