On Sunday I raced the North Olympic Discovery Marathon in Washington state – it was a last-minute plan and only five weeks since my previous marathon.

A good friend, an amazing and inspiring athlete, suggested I do another one soon after I wasn’t entirely happy with my Vancouver Marathon performance.

Initially thinking it crazy, I soon warmed to the idea and took her husband’s offer to guide my training for 2 1/2 weeks.

Their help and inspiration has been great. I’ll write more about that later.

For now, just a link to a newspaper article about my result, see here