Author Archives: thearchitect
Last Post
Well all good things must come to an end as they say. This is my last blog post on 12m12m (at least for a while) but I will keep the site open for now so that anyone who is attempting … Continue reading
Watford Half Marathon
A nice start to the racing calendar for this year, the Asics Watford Half Marathon. Quite a challenging half actually, fairly flat for around 4 miles then you hit a deep dip followed by a hard climb. After that you … Continue reading
Overseas Award
As you may remember I ran one of my marathons in Newfoundland along the Baccalieu Trail in the summer. Since my chosen charities didn’t really cover Newfoundland in any way I agreed to do the run on behalf of the … Continue reading
Front Page News
I was delighted to see that I made the front page of my local news magazine this month – makes me want to do it all again!! Have a look here: http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qq1d/MyNewsBusheyJan11/
Over £2,600 and rising
Donations have continued to come in since I finished marathon number 12 pushing the total to over £2,600 across my four charities with the most so far going to the Peace Hospice so a big thank you to everyone on … Continue reading
Hard start to the year
I’m definitely paying for the couple of weeks off running I had over Christmas. I’ve been suffering from stiff legs the day after running and today’s long run had me dragging legs that felt like lumps of lead for a … Continue reading
Anyone ready to pick up the baton?
Well I know I wasn’t the first to run 12 marathons in 12 months and I certainly won’t be the last but I probably grabbed the easiest domain name to remember when promoting it. I’ve got no intention of doing … Continue reading
The End…
Well that’s it, my last marathon completed today and a total of 1,016 miles covered since I decided to take this on. As you will have seen on my previous post, the intended last race was supposed to be the … Continue reading
So close and then … disaster
Just found out this morning that my final race of the series, the Luton Marathon, has been cancelled due to the conditions making it too dangerous to run. This is a real blow having got this far but I can … Continue reading
Almost Done…
Only 5 days to go now and my challenge should be complete with the Luton Marathon this Sunday. However, I am keeping my fingers firmly crossed that the event goes ahead in the bad weather as the 2008 event was … Continue reading
12 Marathons in 12 Months 