I just found out that I won't be running the London marathon next year.

I completed it in 2007 on my 27th birthday (just about!) and really wanted to give it a go in 2009.

I'd even picked the charity I wanted to raise money for - a charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young which campaigns for ECG testing of young people to help prevent sudden deaths. Unlike other countries, such as Italy, there is no systematic testing of young sportspeople in the UK and there are hundreds of dea... Read More

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What was the best thing you ever did?

That was one of the topics on a national radio phone-in show this morning. One guy said it was leaving England for Sweden - he loves England, he said, but he loves the quality of life in Sweden more... and his Swedish girlfriend.

For someone else, it was having cosmetic surgery on her eyellids to stop them being so droopy.

Another guy said tracking down his dad's family in Poland.

And it got me thinking. What is the best thing... Read More

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Step a little closer to the window and I'll show you a snapshot of my world.

I'm 28 years old and in the middle of one of the most turbulent times of my adult life.

Just under a year ago I restarted taekwondo after the best part of 12 years away. On paper, I had a great job - a good salary, opportunities to learn new skills and I was making headway into my dream of becoming a broadcaster. But I was in a bullying environment and I hated it.

My first lesson back w... Read More

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