Thank you for visiting my Sheffield Half Marathon Just Giving page in support of the Sheffield Scanner.

On 8 April 2018 I’ll be taking part in the Run for All Sheffield Half Marathon as part of the University of Sheffield team. 

We’re raising funds for the University’s £2 million campaign to bring an MRI-PET scanning facility to Sheffield, the first of its kind in Yorkshire.

The Sheffield Scanner is a fantastic cause which will advance research into a wide range of conditions and hopefully lead to new treatments which will improve many lives. 

As many of you will know, I have type one diabetes - a condition I was diagnosed with six years ago - so supporting causes like this means a lot to me. 

The run itself is a huge personal challenge as, since my diagnosis, I’ve been nervous about exercising in case I have hypos. I (somehow) ran a marathon pre-diagnosis in 2009 but this is a much bigger challenge because, as well as training to cover the distance, I’ll also have to learn how to manage my blood sugar. 

I’ll be blogging my progress at www.hannahpostles.wordpress.com

More information about the Sheffield Scanner can be found at www.sheffield.ac.uk/sheffieldscanner