Not too bad

Arnie and I finally started our joint training for the 26 miles 385 yards (I understand that the marathon only became that distance from 1924 and that the actual distance from Marathon to Athens - the route on which the legend arose- is "only" 21.4 miles), by a leisurely 11km run or so from Waterloo up through Westminster, St James' Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Notting Hill Holland Park, Kensington and finally down to Earls Court. A beautiful day that just sets you right after the week before. The highlight of this for me was seeing Speakers Corner for the first time (legendary corner of Hyde Park where, as I found out, people tend to shout at each other).

Anyway won't waste anymore time when the 4th day of the Ashes is approaching except to start a couple of tallys that will hopefully rise quite significantly over the coming 4 months:

Money raised for Parikrma: $150
Distance covered: 52km

NB: the km count includes those couple of recent runs with Dave and Jules since in aid of a bit of necessary pre-prep training!