2 years ago I ran the London Marathon. I've now just about recovered, so decided to try a 1/2 Marathon to get back into shape after the best year of my life - 2009 - when I got married to the lovely Ashley and celebrated hard (!) on both sides of the Atlantic.

I'm trying to raise £2,000 this time by running the Lucozade Sport Race Your Pace 1/2 Marathon in Windsor on 28th March.

That's less than 3 months away......gulp!

The charity I've chosen is The National Association for Children of Alcoholics who do really fabulous work in an area of much taboo.

Do visit their website to read some of the children's stories to understand there are 1000's of young people out there suffering through no fault of their own.

I work for Microsoft and they guarantee to match any donation, so anything you give will effectively be doubled!

Thanks and do keep an eye on my blog: Mel Carson and Follow Me on Twitter for updates on training and how I get on!

Cheers

Mel