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A tough weeks training but corporate sponsorship on the horizon!!

Posted by John Gunn on Sunday, 05 February 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

This last week has certainly been the most frustrating week of my training to date. During my ‘3 parks run’ last Friday I felt a twinge behind my right knee so I rested for 24 hours and bought a nice big...

A great week's training and some words of encouragement from Ben Fogle!

Posted by John Gunn on Saturday, 28 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

Having thought London was cold, I was slightly taken aback when I set out for my first run in Berlin on Tuesday. It was freezing and must have been below 0, but it was great to back in Berlin and although...

Running London to Guildford and a little trip to Berlin

Posted by John Gunn on Sunday, 22 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

.Despite having serious withdrawal symptoms from the heat, fun and adventures of South America my first week back in London has been extremely productive and I feel like I have great momentum in regard to training and fundraising which I am...

Back in London...It's freezing!

Posted by John Gunn on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

I arrived back in London last night after a fantastic trip but a truly miserable 24 hours flying! The immigration queue took well over an hour an a half in BA and I very nearly missed my flight, it was crazy,...

Todo bien en Pucon

Posted by John Gunn on Thursday, 12 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

What a great couple of days! Yesterday we woke up at 6am and spent the day climbing one of Chile's most active volcanoes, Villarrica. After an early and somewhat nervous start we really got into what was quite a tough climb...

...and into Chile

Posted by John Gunn on Monday, 09 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

It's been a little while since I last posted and Holly and I are now in Chile. We took a 12 hour bus from BA to a lovely town called Mendoza near the border with Chile - Mendoza was beautiful but...

Happy New Year

Posted by John Gunn on Sunday, 01 January 2012 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

Happy new year everyone! Im sure ther are many hangovers being nursed today! Everything is still going well out here in Argentina, I want on a lovely long run yesterday which was a real struggle in the heat (I also managed...

It's seriously hot out here!

Posted by John Gunn on Thursday, 29 December 2011 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

Wow, it's hot out here, this is perfect for my training - at the moment I am running twice a day, concentrating on getting some miles under my belt and getting used to running in the intense heat. What's more Holly...

Greetings from South America

Posted by John Gunn on Monday, 26 December 2011 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

Happy Christmas everyone and greetings from Argentina! We celebrated our family Christmas on CHristmas eve and had a lovely Christmas dinner and opened all all our presents - haha all my presents were race related! I took great pleasure unwrapping my...

Christmas Party and potential radio appearance!

Posted by John Gunn on Saturday, 17 December 2011 in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

What a great couple of days! Firstly, I found out on Friday that my local radio station is really keen to run a live interview with me on the race in the new year, as well as this, Research magazine are...

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