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I have always wondered if it was possible that I could run a marathon.  Being relatively new to running, and only starting in my 40s,  a marathon seemed the ultimate endurance challenge and one I was not sure I ever would be able to compete in, or complete!

Last year was tough and after losing my Dad I was really looking for something I could do not only to focus my mind, but also to challenge myself.  I used to joke with my Dad who scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in his 60s whilst battling with cancer, that one day I would find my Kilimanjaro.  And I guess I have found it!

Having the opportunity to compete in the 2019 London Marathon arose through work and I felt compelled when the ballot opened to put my name in the hat.  Being selected as one of a team of 40 who will participate from FedEx and TNT is such a wonderful opportunity and to be able to raise money for Wooden Spoon (see below) along the way will be additionally rewarding and inspiring.

I would be so thrilled if you were able to support my fundraising and equally thrilled to receive your support, encouragement, hints and tips for getting around London at slightly above a pedestrian pace.  

In addition to the funds I am raising for Wooden Spoon I will also be making a personal donation to Myton Hospice in Warwick who looked after Dad so well before he left us.  

The training has started well and since the start of November I have been gradually building the miles.  Thanks to my run buddies Shelley, Shane and Jon I have found my running mojo again and even in the cold  and frosty mornings; and dark and damp nights out pounding the mean streets of Staffordshire I always look up to the sky and say..I bet it was warmer in Tanzania you old bugger! 

Thanks again for reading this (if you have got to the end)

Wooden Spoon is the children’s charity of rugby, funding life-changing projects across the UK and Ireland to support children and young people with disabilities or facing disadvantage. Research shows that 1 in 10 children in the UK and Ireland have a disability and there are 3.5 million children in the UK living in poverty. These numbers continue to rise and more and more children need our help.Our vision is that through the power of rugby, every child and young person has access to the same opportunities.