<p>Hello everybody! Many of you will not yet know that last year I foolishly entered two marathons in a burst of enthusiasm for running. It all started inoccuously enough - after entering the penultimate year of my 20's and years of trying to quit smoking I finally succeeded, I enjoyed my newly unencumbered lungs with a little bit of football and gingerly jogging around Victoria Park a couple of times. The next thing I knew I'd entered the Brighton Marathon. The next next thing I knew I'd entered the Edinburgh Marathon as well after deciding lots of people run ONE marathon.</p> <p>So, please make this monumental failure of judgement worthwhile and give me a little motivation to collapse over the finishing line twice. I'm raising money for Taylor Ed, a charity based in Edinburgh founded by my brother's amazing fiance Roo -&nbsp; they do long-term intensive work with children with autism. As it is a small local charity you can be sure that your donations will make a real difference in helping to support their children to reach their potential.<br><br>If you have been asked for lots of donations for marathons this Spring, think of my challenge as an Ultramarathon with a six-week break in&nbsp; the middle. How often do you get asked to sponsor someone running an Ultramarathon? Thank you for your generosity!</p>