Last year, my colleague Phil sadly lost his young son to meningitis. 

So along with around 25 colleagues, I've taken the plunge to run my first marathon to help collectively raise £13,000 for the charity that have been so supportive to him - Meningitis Now. We'll be running the Milton Keynes marathon on 7th May.

If you know me, you know I love running. I've done a lot of half marathons, but this will be my first marathon and it is going to be a hard slog. But this is not really about the running for me. This is all about raising as much money as possible for charity to say thanks to Meningitis Now for their work.

I really, really appreciate anything you can spare for this great cause. Cheers!