Life

Prompted by the UK premiere of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, I shared more before and after pictures showing how juicing helped me lose weight and change my lifestyle.

Six months into my 2013 miles challenge and I’d clocked up 1,097.6 miles, including my first full marathon at Edinburgh. This month alone added 145 miles of running and cycling.

A year after my first painful, sweaty run for the Great South Run, I’ve now logged 1,219 miles and ten races, including a full marathon.

Running, cycling and more, I passed the halfway point of my 2013 miles in 2013 challenge, reaching 1,011 self powered miles with 1,002 still left to go.

Running the Two Castles Run from Warwick Castle to Kenilworth Castle, I set another personal best of 46 minutes and 39 seconds, and passed 1,000 miles for the year.

After a short run around Amsterdam, I came back to my hotel to find the Crowne Plaza staff had prepared a surprise runners pack waiting for me.

In May I completed my first full marathon in Edinburgh, part of 168 self powered miles that took my year’s running and cycling total past 952 miles so far.

I ran my first marathon in Edinburgh on my birthday, finishing in 4 hours and 3 minutes despite stupid heat, a struggle at mile 15, and a timely nudge from a fellow runner.

In April I completed 192.1 self powered miles of running and cycling, including a new personal best at the Plymouth Half Marathon, taking my year’s total past 784 miles.

Running the hilly Plymouth Half Marathon, my last before my first full marathon in Edinburgh, I set a new personal best of 1 hour 41 minutes and 48 seconds.

After a five day juice detox from Jason Vale’s Big Juice Spring Clean, I lost seven pounds despite taking a break for my wife’s birthday meal.

I ran this month’s Facebook FiveK from a hotel in Sao Paulo and smashed my personal best, finishing in 20 minutes and 39 seconds.