Battle stations. 5 weeks

Just to prove that Team Run are in fact athletes, Team Run blogger has placed a few photos of various team members participating in sporting events, or having completed those events. There's Graeme Kirkpatrick doing the Run leg of the Eton Property Triathlon... he did it in the fine time of 20.46. Shannon McKenzie after swimming 1.5k and riding 40k, did his 10k of the London triathlon in 47.34. Adam Graham did the Reading Half Marathon in the not too shabby time of 1.46.05. We will endeavour to get a photo to you soon of our desert dweller, Mr Chris Pateman-Jones breaking the United Arab Emirates 100m front crawl swimming record. Nick Watson, our specialist distance runner, has done many fine times. Richard Tipping has crippled bones, but nevertheless is a fine scrum-half. Rupert Guppy is a semi-professional footballer. See, not a bad group of athletes at all.

Some of you may have asked, how is it actually possible to run from Vatican City to Monaco. Won't there be sometimes when you simply cannot use a road to run along? Well, there are somethings we simply cannot plan for, so to ensure the route is OK, we will be flying into Nice, and then driving along the running route to Rome the day before we start running. Not a foolproof plan, but at least it should help us identify any outrageously narrow roads, dangerous native animals and overzealous locals who may inhibit our progress.

Speaking of updating progress, we have been granted usage of a company laptop, including 3G card which will help us to provide daily updates on the blog during the run. Very handy indeed. For those who can't get enough blog... looks like there's going to be plenty more!!!