charity begins at the office

This might be tempting fate but I am becoming more and more amazed that I am not pulling any muscles in my weekday runs thrugh London. this is more amazing as one of the girls in the office managed to pull her shoulder muscle lifting my backpack to get into a drawer. This might be a sign it's a bit full. and heavy. I am now starting to estimate its weight at around 20 kilos. Now, I am not saying that to show off (well maybe a little) and yes, I appreciate that Marine yomps normally have around 50 kilos or whatever it is on their backs as they head along Brecon, however, I am starting to get concerned that as soon as I put my not inconsiderable 95 kiilos onto the sand with that weight, I am going to sink up to my neck á la Beau Peep. Anyhow, going back to my thanks for people who have contributed, I was left with a dilemma today. One of my colleagues has suggested that he will sponsor me when I return. I would be fine with this if it wasn't for the reason he gave and I quote 'If you die half way around, you won't have finished it and therefore my sponsorship would have been wasted'. For his benefit, I would like to point out a c few things. 1) I am definitely not going to die 2) I would consider any contribution to Mencap a good use of money and 3) if i did die, I would be concerned that my coleague's first thought was that I hadn't finished it. So, here is my final thought today. If you are prepared and intelligent, there is nothing a man cannot do. So as I fall into the former, I give my self a 50:50 chance. Also, please check Farnborough News for my article this week.