March 07, 2004

Meeting Shifra

Today I met Shifra for the first time. Abigail looks fabulous and the whole clan are pleased as punch to have Shifra among them.

Brian, Leo, Sarah and I ran the Silverstone half marathon. Sarah drove and we arrived 2 hours before the start. Sarah likes to leave time for any unexpected delays. At the same race last year, hers was the second vehicle car in the car park, next to some bloke who spent the night there in his sleeping bag. On our way up, it started raining. By the time we reached the Silverstone race track it was snowing. I wasn't prepared, mentally or clothing-wise, for a soggy, cold run. I was searching my brain for a viable excuse to sit this one out. But standing along the race course for four hours in the freezing weather sounded even less attractive than running in it. Fortunately, the weather cleared before we had to line up and the rain held off until we were across the finish line and on the road back to London.