UPDATE: A big THANKYOU to everyone who has sponsored me so far. I completed the Marathon in a time of of 3hrs 23min's and 29seconds coming in a respectable 3,509th position.

I’ve been told that the money raised will pay for around 40 nursing hours. This could help one person or several people but either way they and their family will be eternally grateful for the support of a Marie Curie Cancer Care nurse at such a dark time in their life.Once again a big Thank You to everyone who sponsored me, because of your donations, tonight there will be a Marie Curie Cancer Care nurse going to the home of cancer patient to look after someone in the familiarity of their own home with their friends and family around them. All this is provided free of charge thanks to the money raised.

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Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. On 13th April 2008 I will be running my first ever marathon (26.2 miles) to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

I've done quite a few charity events over the past year or so & I imagine most people are getting fed up with being asked for sponsorship (or at least some people probably think that its all fun and they are footing the bill for my enjoyment.)

So, I figure that the best way to go about it is to show everyone the pain I'm going to go through to get myself round the 26.2 mile course in as fast a time as possible, and thats why I've set up a Training Blog. I will be updating it regularly with the different training I have been doing and hopefully raising more money because of it. To see the blog, please visit: http://londonmarathon08.blogspot.com/

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Marie Curie Cancer Care will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

Mat