Training - HAH

If we were running next week there's no chance I'd be able to do it, not least because I'm too lardy...but mostly because my foot which I broke in October last year is absolutely killing me. It's a good excuse for not training I know, but seriously, it feels like a pulsing blob at the moment and I can't quite work out why. It hasn't been the same since I broke it (no sh*t) but I thought it would get BETTER than this, and I still hope it will.

So training...and I know it's a long time to go, but I best not leave it until 2 weeks before like last time...is non-existent. Well, apart from a few games of baseball and boxing on the Wii (when you're not able to do much more than walk, this is a strenuous as exercise gets). I'm a little bit worried that I won't be able to do any training - yet - and maybe for a while. So I'm not sure there's going to be any progress from the Leeds side of things for a while (although my cake eating ability is excellent and improving all the time). At this point in time if I can get to a point where my foot is well enough to run (WALK) it in October then I think that will be an achievement.

In other earthquake related news, questions are being raised about how the immortal beings upstairs managed to keep Trace away from the earth moving equipment for quite so long... ;)

Good grief

...If there's one thing that brings out the nutters, it's OTHER nutters. I mean whilst Trudi and I still stuffing our faces with chocolate and wine in order to recover from the news that we got places for Badgerthon 2008 we ALREADY had some mad nutters in the form of Damian and amy give us some sponsorship. You guys are amazing. We (obviously, but truly) COULD NOT do this without you. You give us joy in those long dark moments when we're contemplating whether we can bear doing any training or not...thank you, thank you, thank you.

Then, just as the dust was settling, the even greater news is that Bruce from the 'Their Hearts Caught Fire" camp ALSO got a place. 3 BADGERS! That's only 1 badger short of a full contingent of badgers in Kiss make-up...and hey, no-one knows what the drummer looks like anyway ;) AND THEN it turns out there's also Andy, Ruth and Chris. That's 5 badgers!!!! FIVE BADGERS!!! Your suggestions on a postcard for the 5 badger line-up please...

And yes...IF the badger camp raises £5,000 this year (hey, I'm not making this easy on purpose you know) I will jump off something large (probably the bridge over the Tyne) attached to a rope disguised as a badger. There are a couple of caveats to that 1. This WON'T be on the day of the Badgerthon (!) and 2. as I'm absolutely terrified of heights I might strap myself to another lunatic just to make sure I jump...

All together now... WALK, LIKE, A FURRY BADGER...