Feeling pretty wonderful today, we've had glorious sunny weather in London for the past few days which has really helped my spirits and I have quite a lot achieved.

Marathon training is going really well. Last Sunday I ran 16miles, it nearly killed me but I did it and that's the main thing. I've had a bit of a burn out this week and I'm not running today but I'm actually far enough in the schedule to calm down a bit, so we're going back to basics this week and taking it down a notch or two, gearing up for another couple of big runs at the weekend. Nicky (one of the This Morning Challenge of Your Life girls) has twisted her ankle, so training is out with her this weekend anyway. I hope she recovers! A week on the Caribbean beach should sort her out.

The TV career is coming along quite nicely. Though ITV have been really going through the mill and are about to lay off a load of people I've been doing quite a lot of shoots. I've just finished a garden makeover which was great to bring my love of media and my love of gardening together. I managed to get a few sneaky pieces to camera in and did a lot of filming and some sound too so we'll see if I make it onto the screen! I really hope so because in these past few weeks I have been thinking about getting a showreel together and the more pieces the better.

Tied also in with the television and gardening I'm planning on making my own web gardening series! It's a little ambitious but done well I think it could be interesting and also help my profile. The angle is suburban gardening for the future with a look at tips and tricks to help recycle, save money, become green whilst having a great time in the gardening. The first one is all about keeping chickens and how they can help your garden and your purse. I'm still writing the script but have a friend coming next weekend to help me film it. We'll see how it turns out.

Now I'm writing I'm realising just how much I have going on! I may not work full time but I do have a lot of strings to my bow! I'm still clerking in the court system for my aunt to make a few extra pennies but I guess most of my focus is on my novel at the moment. I really want it finished by the end of March. I have deliberated sending out the first few chapters to agents but I actually think I need a whole manuscript to back this up. Sitting down to write can be so demanding. I find my head is so full of the book all day long until I come to actually write and I just can't the get the flow! Its all practice I guess, not writing, but the concentration needed to do it!

Anyway, I didn't want to write an essay! I'm going to try and update a little more and use this as a working journal for my life, perhaps it will help my mind which seems to becoming increasingly forgetful!

Spring is certainly happening up here in the north - feels good! You'll have to let us know if/when you appear t'telly! I'm in the process of sending in a memoir to agents. I finished mine first as I found the whole thing mutated a lot in process. And even now I'm going to eliminate the first big chapter and distribute it in sections throught the book...All the best!