Britney Spears once memorably said, “oops, I’ve done it again”. I remember seeing her for the first time on the National Lottery, at that moment I wasn’t to know I was witnessing the beginning of the end of good chart music. It turns out that retrospect is, as they say, a funny thing.
It is with reference to the Edinburgh Half Marathon that I have just signed up for that I titled this blog “oh fuck, I’ve done it again”. After last years full marathon I should really know better, but life is about biting off more than you can chew, swallowing it without chewing it, puking it up and munching it straight back down again (we’ll I guess I can only speak for myself). That’s just how I roll.
Interested in the challenge? well visit the official site, sign up (stating your estimated time as 2hours*) and we’ll see you on the starting grid on Sunday 27th May 2012.
*why 2 hours? well they like to start people who estimate similar times together, you are put into pens (yes, like cattle) at the beginning of the race based on your estimated time – fast guys at the front slow dudes at the back – this is to prevent pile ups – imagine fast guys at the back stomping over slow guys at the front, not cool. Anyway it actually doesn’t matter how fast you’re gonna be, just put down 2hours and then we can all start together in the same pen, like a real family!
