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Known as "The World's Greatest Half Marathon", I will be running the Great North Run 2014, an exclusive 13.1 mile half marathon with some of the best runners in the world, shown live on the BBC.

On 31st January, I submitted my first ever entry for the Great North Run which was to be balloted between 5th – 12th February. I honestly thought I had a decent chance of getting in thinking that the vast majority of people applying would do also. I couldn’t be more wrong – looking at a Facebook post from the event organisers I was surprised to see so many people (around half) were turned down! Some people have had rejections 3 times in a row! Many people who were successful are flying in from places such as the US and parts of Asia to take part!

I have decided to run on behalf of the National Autistic Society because they are an unbelievable charity who do so much to support children, adults and carers of those who live with autism.

I am going to have to work and train really hard to get myself to be able to run a decent pace for this challenge. I’ll be running against some people who only know running, who wake up at 6am in the winter and only think about throwing on their running shoes for a morning jog (which to me looks like a sprint).

There are also a significant amount of costs which I am using my own cash to pay for things such as high grade energy supplements, training gear and transportation to Newcastle and back.

 Please please please give a little of what you can to this fantastic charity. Every penny raised will go to them, none of my personal funds will be reimbursed.