UPDATE:

Thanks to everyone who sponsored me. I was struck by illness the night before, so without much sleep or any food in me since the offending lunch the previous day I was a little bit worried I wouldn't make it round at all! Thankfully I drank my weight in Lucozade and various electrolyte powders in the morning and managed a time of about 1h 50 (time/photo being processed), which I'm quite happy about. Your money will hopefully already have gone to Bowel and Cancer Research so thanks again all it's so appreciated!

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I've volunteered to run this half-marathon on March 14th for Bowel and Cancer research, my place is on the condition I raise £400, so if I don't reach this target it will have to come out of my pocket :) 

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I guess this means I won't be eating too much at Christmas, training has already started!

For background, bowel cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the developed world. At some point in your life you may be faced with cancer within your family and wish we had just put our hands in our pockets when it counted.

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