Hi folks! Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As some of you know I run marathons and would love to one day achieve my six-star finisher medal. 

The journey started in 2012 when I ran the Edinburgh marathon to raise money for Manchester Children’s Hospital and the Pituitary Foundation after my nephew was found to have a brain tumour.  He’s now a lovely a.k.a grumpy and healthy (if you exclude the extreme amount of biscuit eating!) 18 year old and I’m a fully-fledged runner.

I have 3 world marathon majors left to run as part of my quest - London, Boston and New York! This year I'm one of 500 people who will be able to earn a place in the 2020 New York marathon by running another marathon - it just needs to take place between 31st October and 2nd November 2019 and be logged on Strava to be validated.  I've chosen to run my own route for this rather than an organised event and will finish at the fantastic new Everybody @ Alderley Park centre in Alderley Edge.  Being an experienced racer I wouldn't normally ask for donations for my races but this one will be a little different ...

This October I ran the Chicago Marathon and it was the most AMAZING race atmosphere ever - the crowds were immense, keeping me & my team mates motivated for every stretch of the 26.2 mile! This run on Saturday is going to be very different – no crowds, no music, no endless cheering.  I hope some friends, family and colleagues will be able to cheer me on for parts of the route and a couple of friends are supporting on bikes to drop off drinks etc. but for most of the run it'll be me on my lonesome pounding the pavement for around 4 and a half hours ...

As this will possibly be the most mentally tough run I ever do it'd be great to be able to raise some funds and support the Everybody Foundation.  The foundation enables members of the community and sports people to achieve their sporting aspirations through providing grants for things such as travel and equipment and its work is something I strongly believe in to keep future generations participating in sport and competitions.

Thank you everyone in advance :-)

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