Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. This is my story.I recently lost my 'work Mam' to pancreatic cancer after a short illness.  I never got the chance to see Sue before she passed to tell her how much she meant to me personally; especially so in the absence of my own mother. I also struggled to put something in writing as I admittedly did not want to accept what was inevitably going to happen.

I think about and miss her every day and the feeling of her loss is at times very overwhelming for me.

In the absence of my lack of words (those who know me will be surprised!!) I chose to put my efforts into running and I needed to do something in my control about this awful condition.  I chose to raise awareness and money for research into the prevention of pancreatic cancer; hence my chosen charity.

It's thought that Sue was suffering for over a year before her confirmed diagnosis in late 2014.  It is vitally important that money is raised to go to research to identify, prevent and manage this devastating condition in its earlier rather than later stages.

So between April and September 2015, I will be attempting to each 10k in under an hour; each 5k in under 30mins and then the Great North Run in round about 2 hours (possibly wishful thinking!!). 

The details are as follows:
North Tyneside 10k - 5 April 2015 - COMPLETE
Sunderland 10k - 3 May 2015 - COMPLETE
Northumberlandia 5k - 21 May 2015 - COMPLETE
Blaydon Race (10k) - 9 June 2015 - COMPLETE
Great North 10k - 5 July 2015 - COMPLETE
Leeds10k - 12 July 2015 - COMPLETE
LGBT 5k - 17 July 2015 - COMPLETE
Speedflex Donar 5k - 1 August 2015 - COMPLETE
Gateshead Trail 10k - 15 August 2015 - COMPLETE
Great North Run - 13 September 2015 - COMPLETE

If there are any more runs I decide to sign up too, I'll add them to this page. If people want to suggest any others to me, then please do. The more the merrier. As I do each race, I will add the confirmation of my time to this page.

Please donate towards my challenge, if you can of course, to help me raise money in Sue's memory.

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