Late Summer Madness...

[El Gordo]

Of course there really is no contest.

I intend to sit on his tail around the Crawley 10k, and ghost past him in the final few yards. Don't tell him though.

Hmm, I see that my plans have fallen into enemy hands....

In all seriousness, I'm not certain about Crawley as I'm running out of time (just 3 weeks to go). I'm doing all the right things, but I need to lose another 10 pounds or so at least, to safely give it a good shot. I'm not going to risk injury. SP, on the the other hand, may not be especially race-fit, but his tennis triumph shows he's been cleverly concealing some sort of core fitness, and must have some stamina in there somewhere. But we'll see. I'll be pleased to do the 6.2 miles without struggling too much. Beating my old adversary would add some glee, but it's secondary. In the meantime, the gloating SP may find this training manual helpful: Click

But Brighton, 4 weeks later? Now that's a different thing. That will come at the end of 8 or 9 weeks training, and I'd hope to be firmly back in the saddle by then, and ready to crush the hopes of the great man. I would even offer him a bet. Let's say, whoever wins buys lunch for the other at Al Fresco...? It will save me having to take my wallet to Brighton.

As for Almeria and Connemara? Let's just say I've waited a long time to avenge his narrow 2005 victory in Almeria. 2010 is the year. Closure at last.