Was I the first to train in 2011?

Although we didn't go out on New Year's Eve, I still stayed up until nearly 1.30 on New Years Day and so five hours sleep was not a lot to set off on a 12 mile run around the Marine Drive, the Promenades and Summerhill at   7 am.

Did anyone else start their 2011 training any earlier? I met Mark Clague running in the opposite direction at 8.15 - for those that know Mark they will guess where he was! "At least someone else is mad" was his shout to me!

There were several times during the night when I was tempted to switch off my alarm. But running around the Marine Drive at daybreak in 2011 reminds me that we still leave in one of the most beautiful places in the world.