I have started running with a new running companion, her name is Helen and she is a gorgeous busty back pack weighing 15 pounds, I will have to get used to running with weight as we will be carrying with us supplies and equipment on the actual run. I plan to run 20 miles this week although I have a shin splint, I have read in many places over the web you can run through them if the injury is not too bad and I feel it will be okay. I put ice over the injury after wards and it feels fine. We are mapping a route through the alps at the moment and this run is becoming more epic as time passes on, however we have told too many people about this run and James has tried impressing too many girls with this quest to turn back now. I am boxing at the moment as well and have a fight in February, I will record the fight and put it on this blog, my girlfriend is coming to watch so it may be I slip the guy a fifty as not to lose both my dignity and my women in the same night. I have posted information about this run on many running forums and if anyone knows ‘Dave the ex-Spartan’ tell him he is a looser and if, I mean when we reach Rome I want a apology for his many insults on the Running world forum.