Picture this. You have just finished the London Marathon and you are lying on your back in Horse Guards Parade, with barely enough energy to speak never mind stand up, and you don’t know if you want to be sick, have a heart attack or just throw in the towel on running. You have missed your finishing time target – again! So with lots of great friends from DK Running Club and your wife really concerned about your wellbeing because your face is whiter than Marcel Marceau, you announce with a slurred voice “bugger I have got to do it again, I didn’t get 3:15”.

So here I am again training through the winter and spring to achieve the elusive goal I have been after for 5 years, but this time I have another incentive, and that is to raise money for Action Heart.

Until you have been close to someone who has benefitted for Action Heart (like I did with my dad) it is not easy to understand the benefits that the organisation can offer to people with heart problems. I saw my dad transformed in character and go on to live another 15 years following his heart attack, with, I believe a much better quality of life than he would have done without joining them.

So very simply, if you would like to help me raise £1000 to towards the The Cardiac Rehabilitation programme then please donate online on my Just Giving site

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Many Thanks from Paul and Action Heart