This year, there are two charities I’m supporting:

• Fishermen’s Mission support deep sea fishermen – the guys who put food on your plate.  It’s one of the toughest and most dangerous peacetime occupations, and one of their goals is to provide fishermen with a lightweight survival suit, so they can do their job safely.  Here’s the sponsorship page.
• My second charity is the Stroke Association.  I’m supporting them for close personal reasons.  Here’s the sponsorship page.

I know that the proliferation of online giving means a lot of us get more requests for sponsorship each year, so I’m not doing a hard sell here, but they are both great causes and will make good use of your money.

On a lighter note, if you’d prefer to buy me a beer following the race, then send Hazel or me a text, and I’ll let you know where I am.  Co-ordinating is always fun!

This year, I’m simplifying, and may well run without GPS watch or even my phone.  You can track me by texting ‘run’ to 83040 [in the UK], and then you’ll get a link to the service.  My runner number is 26793.

Finally, to get playlists opening from Firefox, follow the instructions here, but instead of editing about:config, go to edit -> preferences -> applications and set Spotify to use the script, instead of going directly to the Spotify application.  Rock on!

On Saturday, Hazel & I exchanged rings, and threw a great party with family and friends. It was a brilliant day, and here are a few photos by the professional photographer. There are LOTS more to come, shortly.

First, as I already have Google Latitude on my phone, I’ll be using that.  If you have Google Maps on your mobile, add martinlittle@gmail.com and you’ll be able to see where I am on the route.  You can also track via the web in iGoogle.  All you need to do is sign up for a Google account and add me as a friend.

Secondly, as an avid user of Nokia Sports Tracker, I’m planning to live broadcast my route and running information (pace, time) as I go.  You’ll be able to see my route on my profile page on Sunday (26th April)  morning, after 9.30am BST.

There’s a new series of Ice Road Truckers on Channel 5 (UK). Be sure to watch it!

The very last few people making their way into the Woolworths store on Lothian Road, before the doors were closed forever.

As a child I remember going to Woolworths and buying 7″ singles, tapes, CDs, sweets and Lego. More recently I went there to buy pens and all those other things I could never find around Edinburgh.

Goodbye, farewell.