Just over two weeks to go!

Time is marching on and it seems that there's only 16 days left until the Half Marathon.

I have received my race pack (I think I'm runner number 276) and I have one more long run left to do as part of my training regime.

As with last week, I will not be running this evening but will be heading out for a 20.2km run tomorrow morning. This is in part due to the fact that my right knee is in a pretty poorly state after running on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and also because it's England vs Italy in the Six Nations rugby tomorrow, and I'd like to sink a couple whilst watching it. Doing a 20K run on Sunday after a few pints would not be particularly enjoyable.

Wednesday evening's run was largely uneventful with the exception of two points of interest...

Whilst running past the sewage works on the mini-bypass (I'm making Tonbridge sound wonderful) a car pulled over next to me and a woman wound down the passenger window. On looking into the car I noticed that she was heavily pregnant and her partner, who was driving, appeared quite panicked. I also noticed a suit case on the back seat.

All of this made sense to me when she asked if I knew the way to Pembury hospital. I gave her the simple directions and jogged off as the car sped away.

On reflection, this couple are either the world's worst planners or in an unfortunate predicament. If it is the former then I must commend the chap on his bravery - good job!

The other slightly less humorous event occurred as the result of a reduced price king prawn salad I ate for lunch.

At around the 7.5km mark I started to get really very bad stomach cramps followed by the almost uncontrollable need to find a loo fast. Showing nerves of steel (and buttocks) I was able to just make it home before I became the unfortunate recipient of sea food related food poisoning; a condition which lasted with me for around 24 hours. A link to Wednesday's run is provided below for your pleasure:-

http://runkeeper.com/user/grahamtutt/activity/69979167

I'm happy to report that I'm in good shape and looking forward(ish) to tomorrow morning's run which I'll broadcast in the normal way. Kick-off will be at around 07:30 for those interested in following me on line.

Next week training will re-commence on Monday and Wednesday as normal. On Saturday / Sunday I'm due to do a gentle 10K run. My original plan was to run a 10K section of the Half Marathon course. Instead I will be running 10K on a treadmill in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For once I won't need to brave the cold!

Due to the relative dullness of broadcasting a run from a stationary treadmill in a hotel in Riyadh, I will not broadcast this run, but you can rest assured that I will do it, and I will try to take some sort of photographic evidence to prove it. Note that photography and Riyadh are not good bedfellows so the photo may be somewhat of a dull one.

Finally, a quick note about fund raising. I'd like to offer you my heart-felt thanks for ensuring we have now reached the £750 mark. I feel that with two weeks left to go we could breach the £1000 mark which would be absolutely amazing! Please tell your friends and keep the sponsorship coming.