Great stuff.  WebCertain Europe Ltd supports Shelter with £400 !  Much appreciated!

The multilingual SEO specialists based in York has contributed a major amount of money to Shelter and the work they do for the people in housing need around the UK.

WebCertain is passionate about generating business growth for its clients in any part of the world. A team of native speakers of all the world’s major languages works together to achieve client objectives – no one understands working with different cultures and the nuances of language in the globe’s search engines better than the WebCertain multilingual team.

A friend of mine Andreas has contributed £100 based on the fact that I ran the marathon in less than 4 hours…..      And of course because he sees the value of contributing to Shelters work!

A big thank you!!

Done and dusted. London Marathon was amazing ! 3,48 was the time which made me 8107 out of 35000 runners or so… Thanks to all sponsors! See here for official result.

In London and the rain is lashing down… hey forecast is saying that can expect some heavy showers on Sunday so I m sure it ll be a fun day !!!

Since last Shelter have  had some good donations from Jon and Jon and daddy and Gemma. Thx a lot for your support! Also I hear rumour of a corporate sponsor lurking in the background.

Completed a 2hour run at Bydgøy in rainy conditions…   check out that Joitace!
Gives your joints and muscles that soothing feeling after a strenuous workout.

Had a great run this morning around the Bygdøy peninsula in the inner part of the Oslo fjord! Well.. the roads were covered in snow.. but hey so much better than running on a treadmill!!!!!!

Found some pics of Bygdøy in winter ….. Buutiful

I have been following this training plan and just realised that the tough lap that I ran last Saturday was scheduled for tomorrow… hmm..    hope that wont change anything.

Just received a donation from a dear friend back in Leeds. Akafuna – thanks a lot.

Now fully recovered from the toughest lap so far. I was walking like an old man saturday night when out…

Good news! – Herr Ballueder from an organisation that helps to enhance performance from within has sponsored Shelter. It says on their website www.cb-consulting.co.uk that cb consulting is currently undergoing a strategic change and will focus more on management consultancy in the future. Please visit them again or contact them. You can also register for an automatic update.

Man I m like a vegetable.. realise the last 10 k of the marathon is going to be very painful!!!!

Anyone with some good advice on how to OPTIMISE my preparation the last three weeks… ??

One thing.. why I m doing this? In support of Shelter.

The lack of affordable housing is at the root of Britain’s housing crisis. The British government has made a pledge to build three million new homes – but the number of homes for social renting must rise sharply if the crisis is to be resolved.

Millions of people in the UK are forced to live in substandard and overcrowded accommodation or are without a permanent home.

Want to help out? Sign up as a campainger !

Or go to www.justgiving.com/johnbrenne and make your donation in order to help out !

Isak Dammann has donated to the just cause!  Thanks a lot to him and his family for the support.  Shelter has now released a movie on the subject of overcrowding.

The thousands of families trapped in overcrowded housing in Britain report huge strains on their relationships.

According to Shelter’s research, one in ten overcrowded households has teenagers of the opposite sex sleeping in the same room. In Trapped, we see how awkward it is for Molly when she gets her period in the room she shares with her brother Jack.

And adults often have no privacy either, as Trapped shows when the parents have to share a bed with the younger children to give Molly some space. This creates friction and destroys relationships.

Watch the film here: http://trapped.keystothefuture.org.uk/film/

A great woman with a great heart has donated to Shelter.   Thanks a lot to you Em!   Get Paul and the rest of the gang to sponsor Shelter too!