Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am going to run the London Marathon on 25 April for the Volunteer Reading Help, our charity of the year at Grayling.

Volunteer Reading Help works with children who struggle with their reading to help them develop a love of reading and learning. What they do is simple: they recruit and train reading helpers to work with children aged 6-11 who find reading a challenge and may need extra support and mentoring. Without individual support children can fall behind their peers and lack confidence and self esteem. This is our charity of the year at work, so this is my way of providing support.

I class myself as a reasonably fit person but I have never undertaken a marathon before, frankly I don't know just what I am letting myself in for. A friend of mine has helped me put together a training programme to get my fitness up and for the next 6 months I will have to watch what I consume. Less partying more running.

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