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Sunday, July 8, 2012

The British 10K for The Whitechapel Mission

To raise money for The Whitechapel Mission, (a charity to help London's homeless), I ran the British 10K through central London. 

Tens of thousands of runners braved the rainy weather. What summer????

There were two things which moved me (sorry, pun) during the race. Firstly there was a blind runner accompanied by a helper. It was the most touching thing I had ever seen. Secondly there was a guy yelling the cheer: "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!" With a surge of patriotic pride I responded with a bunch of runners. Hearing us roar powered me up.

My time was 54 minutes and I haz a medal!



A photo finish.

I'm proud to have done The British 10K and now I can't wait for my next race. It's the Le Grande Classique in Paris. 16km from the Eiffel Tower to Versailles Palace. So excited!

Off topic but I went to the garden to pick some mint and saw a fox! 

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