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In November last year our wonderful friend, Dean, died just before his 50th birthday as the result of a  brain tumour. I wanted to find an event to do in Dean's memory to help raise much needed funds to support the work of The Brain Tumour Charity. 

When I heard about The Wall I knew it was the one. It starts at Carlisle Castle, follows Hadrian's Wall for 69 miles and ends on the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle. We have many great memories of shared holidays in Northumberland, so Newcastle seemed the perfect finishing point. This is most definitely the toughest event I have ever attempted, the furthest I have ever run in 24 hours is 32 miles.

I didn't realise at the time of Dean's illness  that brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40. Whilst survival has doubled across all cancers, the ten year survival rates for brain tumours has improved little for adults in over 40 years at just 13% (one of the poorest of all cancers). Brain tumours also reduce life expectancy by an average of 20 years, the highest of any cancer. Despite these facts, less than 2% of the £500 million invested in cancer research in the UK every year is spent on brain tumours. This must change.

If the money I raise goes just a little way towards ensuring another family doesn't have to lose one of their loved ones as the result of a brain tumour we will have done something worthwhile.

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Thank you so much for your support :) Louise xx