Unfortunately I’ve decided to withdraw from this year’s Edinburgh Marathon which is scheduled for this coming Sunday. I really wanted to run this as a celebration (believe it or not) of my 50th birthday which has just passed but I’ve been able to do less preparation than I’ve needed to and had a series of mild infections which further set back my training. In the interests of my own self preservation I thought it best to withdraw.

However I am hoping to run it this time next year on behalf of Cancer Research UK.