Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

In February 21, Anthony and I signed up for the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon on 3rd October 2021. We weren’t doing it for a particular cause - I just wanted to prove to myself I could, since developing a love of running during the pandemic! Training was going well. Anthony could run quicker than I could, but I could run further so we were working hard!

However, I (very suddenly) lost my Dad at the end of April, in horrendous circumstances. We’ve gone through a very hard time & so did my Dad in the end. He had a tracheostomy tube fitted in 2014 as he had laryngeal cancer which resulted in a complete laryngectomy (removal of voice box predominantly). He used an electrolarynx to speak & could be understood face to face, but phone calls were difficult.

If you know anyone who has had this, it’s completely life changing! It’s awful to live with. Therefore, I am running to raise money for a charity who help and support laryngectomy  patients.

If you’d like to follow my progress, I post most of it on Insta @jenruns21

July 2022 - The half marathon has been rescheduled for 2nd Oct 2022. I have started my training to get fit for it 💪🏼