In tired moments at infant school, my mates would sometimes accidentally call our teacher ‘Mum’. I called her ‘Grandma’ once; she got cross and I got embarrassed.

I have a bit of a confession to make. I didn’t start training for the marathon until 11 January.  This was a day under 3 months before the event itself. I think I could be described as irresponsible in this regard. But anyway, I’m training now.  And while I’m breaking no records, I’m loving it! [...]