Updated on Apr 15th 2012 at 9:22 PM from the JustGiving API

Hi everyone, thank you ever so much for your donations, I completed the marathon in 5 hours. Now hoping to get some rest and get my legs moving again!!

<p class="iphone-update">Completed 18 miles yesterday, now on wind down for the big day!</p> <p>I decided last year to run the marathon with a friend who has lost both parents to blood cancer and is the same age as me, they used Anthony Nolan trust during this awful time. The way my friend, his wife and family dealt with thier loss was incredible and the experience really made think how lucky we all are, and the least i could do would be to do a bit of running and raise some money for a great charity.</p> <p>Many people who know me will know i am no runner and certainly not a marathon runner which is what makes this a challenge, i have suffered injuries, illness and set backs but i am now on track and recently completed the Eastbourne half marathon.</p> <p>I have put an example of what money can do for the trust below.</p> <p><strong>Your money can save lives</strong></p> <p><strong>&pound;17,500</strong> is the average cost of a Thermalcycler, which amplifies fragments of DNA and helps us determine if a donor&rsquo;s stem cells are a potentially lifesaving match for a patient.</p> <p><strong>&pound;8,400</strong> is the cost of running the LabXpress, our robotic system for tissue typing our potentially lifesaving donors&rsquo; samples, for one day.</p> <p><strong>&pound;5,600</strong> is the cost of a -70C freezer large enough to hold 75,000 of our potential donors&rsquo; samples which could be chosen for potentially lifesaving transplants.</p> <p><strong>&pound;700</strong> is the average cost of the specialist equipment, materials and staff to transport cord blood donations to our Cord Blood Bank in Nottingham.</p> <p><strong>&pound;500</strong> is the average cost of testing and storing a cord blood unit to provide a potentially lifesaving transplant.</p> <p><strong>&pound;100</strong> is the cost of recruiting, tissue typing and maintaining a new potential donor on the Anthony Nolan register.</p> <p><strong>&pound;17</strong> is the cost of a special box used for transporting donated stem cells from a donor to a patient for a potentially lifesaving transplant.</p> <p><strong>&pound;7</strong> is the cost of the &lsquo;spit kit&rsquo; used for taking a potential donor&rsquo;s saliva sample for tissue-typing &ndash; the first stage of joining the Anthony Nolan register</p> <p>I have obviously left the fundraising a bit late but i wanted to be sure that i was able to ask for your donations knowing i would be able to complete the race! Times are tough for everyone at the moment and i know many of you will have sponsorship requests from others but if you can donate anything no matter how small i really will be very grateful and it will help me push through those last few miles!</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>