Hi all,

I'm fairly new to running. I'm living in Madrid at the moment, but I manage to get back the the UK occasionally. I did the Ribble Valley 10k in December, and a couple of times a year I get to the Achille Ratti club in the Lakes (my sister and parents are members).

Anyhow, on the 24th of Feb I'm doing a half marathon in Madrid - I've never run that long a distance before. I'm actually doing it for ActionAid, so if anybody there is interested to know more about that you can check out this link (I may add a blog to it):

http://www.myactionaid.org.uk/damian...thon-in-madrid

Thanks!