4 months 1 week to go

April 3rd: First post

On the 10th August 2014 I will be running the 150 mile 'Fire & Ice' ultra marathon in Iceland. Having never run a marathon before, it is a huge understatement to say that this race will be a challenge! The race is comprised of 6 stages and all competitors must be self sufficient, whereby each individual must carry their own sleeping bag, food, water and other items deemed necessary for survival in Iceland's volcanic wilderness.

This event will be a huge ask, but one that I believe to be worthwhile in raising some money for a wonderful charity in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya of which I have done some work with over the past few years. I will post more info about this cause later, but for the time being my charity donation page can be found at http://www.justgiving.com/fireandicekibera. 

This blog will literally act as a 'running' commentary of my training and everything related to this event and the charity in the build up to the race itself. 

In the coming weeks it will be a balancing act of training and revision for some fairly important uni exams coming up at the end of the month so you will have to excuse the poor quality of this blog for the time being...