Back in January, I decided to take on a 2010 challenge to raise money for St. John's Hospice who were amazing in looking after my dad in his final few weeks. I signed up to do an Olympic Triathlon race in my home city, Chester, and the event will take place on the 6th June.

The race consists of:

1500m swim (in the river Dee!)

40km cycle

10 km run

The only problem was that back in January I couldn't really swim (I could perhaps splash for a length or two..).

Thus I have since been learning each week and am pretty confident now that I won't drown in the Dee next month....whether I will have enough energy to ride a bike and then do a run is another story.

St. John's Hospice, in the Wirral, provides specialist palliative care and support for patients with severe and progressive disease, usually cancer, where curative treatment is no longer possible. They rely completely on donations and fund-raising to operate and their running costs for this year will be £3.1m. Help me raise money for the Hospice by clicking on the button above...

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