Yes I am going for my hatrick - the usual round of lunches, dinners and booze is gradually coming to a halt with a step up in the miles per week ratio. I going to try and repeat the experience of running 42 km or  26 miles in one go (without a good nights sleep or 10 pints of lager in between miles or anything else to smooth my passage) on 12^th November 2006.

I am therefore going to try and raise as much money as possible, and donate all of it to an exceptional cause, Cancer Research. Most of you will have had your lives touched by cancer in some way or other and I am sure you will agree that the money raised could directly affect you in the future.

Cancer Research UK is the largest volunteer supported cancer research organisation in the world, and they support the work of 3000 scientists working in the UK.  Cancer Research UK's annual research spend is £213mm, raised almost entirely through public donations

Facts about cancer
1/ More than 1 in 3 people get cancer
2/ 1 in 4 people in the UK die of cancer - it is the biggest cause of death in the UK
3/ Cancer mortality rates have fallen by 12% in the last 10 years
4/ There are more than 300 types of cancer, but breast, prostate, lung and bowel account for >50% of new cases

Why Cancer Research UK?
1/ Cancer mortality rates have dropped by 11% over the last 10 yrs.
2/ >70% of children with cancer now recover
3/ 95% of men with testicular cancer are successfully treated
4/ Breast cancer death rates have fallen by 21% in the last 10 yrs.

Please visit http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerandresearch/ for more information.

Please please please sponsor me.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Cancer Research UK will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.
Ben