June

[El Gordo]

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one more thing . . . there's a bit of sorrow-drowning going on here. I just learned (being totally inept when it comes to managing my calendar) that I can't partake of the Jog Shop Jog this year due to a prior unavoidable commitment. This is no small loss; with no autumn marathon on the horizon the JSJ was my sole focus for the second half of the year. It's simply too early to be winding up for TOM 2008 so I guess I'll be grubbing about for an alternative muse.

Err, the 'good news' is the 'unavoidable commitment' is a four day golf tour somewhere adjacent to Dublin with SP and Captain Tom

Shame for me too. The JSJ is 2 weeks before the Dublin mara, and I thought I'd do it this year. A little close to the race for complete comfort, admittedly, but I thought I'd just plod it anyway. I still might do it. Will have to see what else is happening.

As for autumn marathons, Beachy Head on October 27 looks like the obvious candidate. I'm presuming that a return to Dublin for the marathon 2 days later won't appeal, so I won't bother mentioning that one...