Continuing the Legacy

I was honoured to be invited to speak alongside Dame Tessa Jowell this evening at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for Whizz-Kidz, highlighting the massive steps that London 2012 made for disability, but also the long journey it still has to go on.

Seeing stars

Well, I'm just catching up after a wonderful weekend shared with friends. It all started with a trip to London and my first ever visit to see a West End show, what an experience!

My weekend ended with another show, this time at Wembley Arena at the Radio 1 Teen Awards where I was very star struck seeing all the people on the red carpet. Ella Henderson, Rizzle Kicks and Labrinth are just three of those I managed to get 'selfies' with.   

Oh and you'll be pleased to hear I managed to get some training in during the weekend too! No rest until (after) Rio. 

Yorkshire Marathon

Pushed myself way out of my comfort zone for the Yorkshire Marathon today. Although I was racing in the corporate relay and so not doing the whole 26.2 miles, my 6 mile leg very quickly turned into a 10 mile roll through the fog, as I reached my Passover point and my team mate was nowhere to be found! There were a few hairy moments, concerning some slippy pushrims on a wet up hill, a fast downhill into a sharp bend (I of course, ended in a bush) and fog so thick I could barely see my front wheel. But it was all for a great cause and little by little, I'm working my way up to the longer distances and building my confidence in road racing. It'll still be a few years until you see me do the full thing though! Big congrats to Bret Crossley who won the wheelchair race, to my crazy relay team mate, Danny Mills who carried on after his 5 mile leg to complete the full marathon, and of course everyone who ran today. For whatever cause or reason, you raised thousands and it was incredible to sit on the finish line and see streams of people with so much passion and emotion. I love you, Yorkshire. (Fyi, My team mate was on the toilet).

Boris Wheelchair Challenge - Update

Many of you will have seen or read about my challenge last week to The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to spend a day trying to get about London in a wheelchair. I was very disappointed that Mr Johnson declined my challenge, but he did say that he would ask Transport for London (TFL) to work with me to gain further understanding of the issues regarding accessibility to transport.

Well, I am very pleased to tell you that, The Mayor is as good as his word, as this week I have been contacted by TFL to arrange for me to meet with their Managing Director, Vernon Everitt. I would like to thank The Mayor for facilitating the meeting with Mr Everitt which I will attend along with my manager and representatives from the Whizz Kidz charity. I will keep you all informed as to how we get on.

Road to Rio

700 days to go. 700 more chances to be better than yesterday!

Challenge Boris!

I was interviewed on the ITN news this evening to discuss the accessibility issues regarding public transport in London. I understand that the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has pledged more funds to help, but to highlight the issue, I challenged the Mayor to spend a day in a wheelchair and to use public transport to get to his appointments! Will you help us #ChallengeBoris on Facebook and Twitter?

Meeting my Train!

Really excited, as I finally got to see "my" train today in a visit to St Pancras station! Thank you to all at South Eastern Railways who made this possible. The Hannah is the 'Javelin' service and is usually whizzing up and down between London and Kent.