Diane's 240k Advent Challenge begins

My friend, Diane, is putting me to shame this month! Beginning today, she is running 10k every day of advent; that's 24 days: 240k! Crazy? Yes... of course! But much more than that she could be described as alturistic, benevolent and noble! Not that Diane would ever describe herself in that way, she's far to modest... but the reason I would is because her sole purpose behind all this is to raise money for the children, and their families, of Martin House Hospice.

And she's thrown herself whole-heartedly behind the cause having already appeared in the local paper; and today, if you live in the Yorkshire area, you'd have heard her dolcet northern tones on Pulse Radio - she was the speed-talking Birstall mother who sounded very broad (her words, not mine!); and she's even due for another appearance in the local paper after being photographed prancing running around a park in Leeds in a particularly cheesy fetching Santa outfit!

I am already exceptionally proud of Diane and the efforts she is going to for such a worthy cause.

In fact, why listen to me banging on about it... you can follow Di, and find out how her augural Advent 10k went here. And most importantly, you can sponsor her here... there's even a possibility you could win a prize by guessing how many hours in total it will take her to run the challenge... what more could you want?

And if you live in the West Yorkshire area, this is who you're looking out for:

shirt creatively customised by Mik Seery!

As for me... best left at little said really! I wasn't put off by the snow today - no really, I wasn't... don't look at me like that! I actually like the snow! But I did let work get the better of me and missed the opportunity for a run. Finger's crossed it's a snow day tomorrow... a nice midday, bright sunny snow run is definitely something I could live with!