Breakfast at the hotel was great! Barry and Marc started early from Marines heading towards Neuf-Marché. Unfortunately, shortly after the 1st Check Point Marc literally run into problems with his calve. Abbey came for help but couldn’t do much but cooling and giving some pain killers. Eventually, Marc had to give up 🙁 Luckily, Aaron … more
The Start Abbey’s school kids have prepared some motivational pictures for Barry and every runner. So, we did an official hand-over right before the start. We then took off for the start in the direction of the “Gardens of Colombes”. Half way there, Barry decided to start running before all of us would get totally … more
It was raining cats and dogs when we got up. Nevertheless, Barry and David started at 7:33 at a Police Station in Colombes – it was just to wet for the supporters to go to the Garden of Colombes. We have just arrived at the crossing that’s marking the first check point having a Caffe … more
Aaron, Abbey, Barry, Kirsten and me arrived pretty much at the same time in Colombes. The hotel is very basic but then we are only staying one night. We explored the surroundings a bit and checked the start line for tomorrow while waiting for David to arrive. Aaron won the bet on David’s arrival time … more
Abbey, Aaron, Barry and Kirsten have already left London early this morning driving their vans through the tunnel to Paris. David will fly to Paris and I am just about to leave for the airport, too. Very excited now!
Thanks to Jutta, we can now also collect donations on the run! Click here if you also want to support us.
Kirsten and Aaron have prepared their support vehicle for the trip.
A huge THANK YOU to the Children’s House Year 1’s who met Barry last week and made him his very own supply of Bionic Bars to eat during the mega marathon. The children were also visited by the amazing Gavin Anderson who enthralled with tales from his terrifying trek over the Pyrenees earlier this year. … more
Barry posted his first Marathon today: He did it in 3:52h. Well done, Barry! For those of you not familiar with Marathon times: 4:00h is the magic barrier between slow and fast hobby runners. Everything below 4:00h is considered to be a good time. I am having issues with a tooth and have not been … more
All of the people who are following the run, who have donated and who have helped out in any way so far 🙂 A big thank you to Steph Mann for rallying the troups. Our RAFFLE prizes are mounting up! Thanks to Drambuie, Grouse, Walkers and Calmac Ferries. Lovely. P.S. Another quick one, the second … more