Call me mad, call me crazy -but I've just signed up for a 10k Military Run to raise funds for the AKU Society...

You can donate here. My initial target is £2,000, but I'll go higher if we break it! 

I'll be clambering over obstacles, delving into ditches, wading through water, sloshing through mud, pushing through trees and undergrowth, and staggering up and down plenty of hills. Organised by British Military Fitness, it promises to be quite an experience...

Would you like to sponsor me? This page is a safe and easy way to donate straight to the AKU Society.

I'm raising funds for our study of how AKU affects children. Nobody knows how AKU affects children. Even though the visible symptoms (joint and heart disease, etc) appear only in adulthood, the underlying damage caused by AKU's Black Bone Disease may be starting much earlier. That's what we want to find out as it will help us decide when to start treatment before it's too late.

Thanks to the untiring work of our medical director, Dr L Ranganath, we have an excellent study design. We'll be doing MRI scans of the joints, X-rays of the bones, echocardiograms of the heart, urine and blood tests and many other tests. 

This is crucially important for our work. That's why your support is so important. So come on, dig deep, I won't let you down.

The total study costs £19,000, of which we've raised half. So whatever money you give will go towards reaching the total.

And for those who think they're tough enough, why not join me and also raise funds for AKU? You can read about the Military Run, watch the videos and sign up here: http://www.bmfadventures.com/adventures/challenges-and-races/13/military-5k-and-10k-london.

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So please dig deep and donate now.