If any reader feels that this blog doesn't satiate their need for digesting inconsequential nonsense then I have just the answer: http://www.runnersblogs.blogspot.com/ is a site set-up for insomniacs who can't get enough of running blogs. It's a dumping ground for all types of running blogs, mine included, covering many aspects of the sport under various headings: Host Athlete; Elite Athlete; Humorous; Other Athlete (I know my place and should be thankful to still be categorised as athlete) and Other Blogs. There's some good topical stuff, with some great anecdotes on our sport, as well as plenty of dross. Some of them are almost as interesting as my blog.
Blogstar this week: Rob Forbes decided to watch England play in the World Cup in South Africa.
He set off from Cirencester about eight months ago ... on his bike! 19,500km later he arrived in South Africa, via a 20km swim across the straits of Gibraltar, and promptly ran the Comrades Ultra Marathon from the high veldt of Pietermaritzburg to Durban with 23,500 others, a mere 89km (56 miles). And he performed superbly: at 23 he's only run one marathon before (2.45 at Berlin) so to complete the course 846th in 7:48:39 (3:40 marathon pace) was impressive indeed. A truly epic journey which you can read more about on http://www.tri4africa.co.uk/
He set off from Cirencester about eight months ago ... on his bike! 19,500km later he arrived in South Africa, via a 20km swim across the straits of Gibraltar, and promptly ran the Comrades Ultra Marathon from the high veldt of Pietermaritzburg to Durban with 23,500 others, a mere 89km (56 miles). And he performed superbly: at 23 he's only run one marathon before (2.45 at Berlin) so to complete the course 846th in 7:48:39 (3:40 marathon pace) was impressive indeed. A truly epic journey which you can read more about on http://www.tri4africa.co.uk/ 
