Updated on Apr 22nd 2012 at 7:29 PM from the JustGiving API

It wasn't pretty, sickness and knees buckling...but I did it! At the risk of sounding like Gwyneth Paltrow, thank you for all of your help and encouragement.

Updated on Apr 21st 2012 at 6:02 PM from the JustGiving API

Brilliant guys thank you!!! So you know that runs first step for 2 days, about 90 children and their families. I (and they) can't thank you all enough.

Updated on Apr 21st 2012 at 5:15 PM from the JustGiving API

£11.60 short, who is going to be the one to make sure I've got no excuse?

Updated on Apr 19th 2012 at 12:21 PM from the JustGiving API

Just registered!!! Still feeling awful but I promise I'll get round somehow!

Updated on Mar 31st 2012 at 2:36 PM from the JustGiving API

Just finished my long run...22 miles run, walked and hobbled! Tail off now and 3 weeks to go! Thanks to all those who have supported me and helped First Step in the process. Come on the rest of you, make someone else's life a bit easier, and mine harder for a few more weeks.

Updated on Mar 23rd 2012 at 1:05 PM from the JustGiving API

15 done this morning. Getting there!

Updated on Mar 22nd 2012 at 11:05 PM from the JustGiving API

One month and many miles to go....any support you may be able to provide will help some amazing people...

Updated on Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:48 PM from the JustGiving API

Hey guys, a month to go. Still a daunting task ahead, miles to do. If you can support in anyway, you'll be helping a great and most deserving cause. Thanks

Updated on Mar 13th 2012 at 9:28 AM from the JustGiving API

Hey guys, I'm not sure if these have been going out or not so I make no apologies for this! I completed the Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday as part of my prep for London on 22 Apr. I now understand the magnitude of this undertaking and am in awe of my friends wacking in sub 2 hr times for 13.1! I however realise survival and finishing is a more realistic goal! If you can spare a few sheckles, a couple of quid or even forgo a cup of coffee you'll be helping a feat cause and ensuring I drag this sorry excuse around the course. Thanks all, Andy

Updated on Mar 7th 2012 at 5:02 PM from the JustGiving API

Training going well, although I've picked up Tendoitis! Grin and bear it!!!

<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>I am raising money for First Step, an awesome charity based out of the old site of RAF Hornchurch. The people, cause and results speak for themselves. My mother and father have done an amazing amount of work and fund raising for First Step, coupled with my mid life crisis it was an obvious choice to raise money for this fantastic cause. I have already organised a Charity Dinner at the RAF Club and have managed to raise a good sum of money, however I would like to raise a little more. If you feel you could support me on 22 Apr, when I drag myself around the London Marathon, I would be forever grateful. If you need any encuragement, please take a look at First Step's website. That will be enough to motivate anyone...thank you all, Andrew.</p>