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A better love story than Twilight.

New song about how great smoking is. http://www.reverbnation.com/dustyvalentino/song/23563151-the-first-of-the-day All feedback gratefully received.

Well, I ran the whole way. 2:30. Paced myself really well at the start and probably could've pushed it a bit more than I did in the last 4 miles because I had a fair amount of energy left. I was so concentrated on not having to slow down to a walk so I was really cautious and didn't gauge how fast I could go properly. About 800m before the finish line you get herded up onto a boardwalk and there were loads of people cheering everyone on, was a really cool feeling. There's no way in hell I could've done it 6 months ago so i've got to be pleased with that. I don't think i've caught the runner's bug quite yet though. Maybe once I start actually considering times and PBs it'll catch on. For the most part I found the actual running pretty boring. After the race I was thinking a full marathon just seems ludicrous but with a bit of time and more intensive training it doesn't seem so impossible anymore. Still... the thought of the race I just did being ONLY HALF WAY ROUND is mental. Hats off to you proper runners.

This twitter account is the perfect accompaniment to this thread: http://www.twitter.com/getinthesea For example:

I hope United do hand Hull's arses to them. I used to quite like Bruce, but he's becoming a moany old windbag. He's slowly going the way of Mark Hughes, who he himself has never lost a game of football through any fault of his own or his players. It's always the referee, or time wasting, or the pitch, or the elements. Bruce is starting to subscribe to that. I also don't think he's a good manager. It doesn't seem to matter who is coaching, or the squad he has, he's always meandering pointlessly around the bottom 6. He needs to get relegated, to burst the illusion that he's a Premier League manager. Earlier in the year, Bruce was touted as a possible successor to Roy Hodgson. Blimey. United need to stick a pin in that by dicking them good. If only United had strikers to score the goals to dick them good. It'll have to be Smalling and Fellaini with a brace each. All deflected headers. If only Sunderland AND Hull could get relegated on Sunday, and somehow spare the very likeable Burnley and the also very likeable Sean Dyche.