Coming through Birmingham

Today was a busy but great day. After Dave finished his marathon, we cycled into West Bromwhich Albion football club where there was a reception and press conference. There were a lot of people there to welcome us in and see us off again which was really encouraging after a tough couple of days.

We then cycled into Birmingham City Centre, to the Council House in Victoria Square where we met the Lord Mayor of Birmingham.

It somehow managed to be another late night by the time we had all eaten, but we had the chance to see family and friends which was absolutely great.

We left Birmingham the next morning at the normal 6am but we were not alone this time. Accompanying us were five South Birmingham College staff who had signed up to run a marathon and help raise money for Macmillan. There were also football supporters running alongside and friends and supporters of Dave. FeWeek also came along to film and interview myself and Dave en-route.

We arrived at Worcester to a crowd of people cheering us in - and plenty of press asking us how we were getting on. Here's a link to the BBC Midlands Today News, which has a piece on us at about 21 minutes in to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b013dkhl/