Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

This will be my second marathon - after my first (2005) I think I said never again but this is the first full marathon being run in my home town of Newport so I thought; what the heck, let's see if I can still do it!

As Head of Housing Policy at Welsh Government I know first hand what great work Shelter do to help prevent homelessness and support those who face housing challenges so can assure you your donation will be put to good work.

Training started pre Christmas and was going great guns until I took 3 [very enjoyable] weeks off to have a lovely holiday in New Zealand. I'm back in the swing of training now though, confident I can make it round, less confident about how long it might take and my ability to walk the next day!

Please help make the time and pain of training and running a marathon worthwhile by helping me raise money for Shelter. Raising money for this great cause will also help make Charles, my lovely supportive husband, feel better about being deserted for hours every weekend as I do my long training runs...

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