This May I'm taking part in my first ever charity run - 10km through the streets of Manchester.

I'm sure you'll find it hard to believe (!) but it will be the furthest I've run since my athletics career was cruelly cut short by the introduction of 'toomuchbeerandpizza' - a terrible affliction for the modern man and something I've lived with for at least ten years.

It's a really good cause - all donations go to the Christie Charity which helps fund cancer treatments and research which are outside of the NHS funding pot.

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