After completing the 2011 Dublin Marathon I vowed never to go through with running 26.2 miles again. Don't get me wrong, it was a brilliant feeling to cross the finishing line, it's just that there's a good reason why everyone isn't running one of these things.

Well, those words mean absolutely nothing as here I go again! To be fair it is the London Marathon, probably the biggest and best marathon in the world, so to be given the opportunity by the Environmental Invesigation Agency was too good to miss.

I'm delighted to be running for the EIA, an independent campaigning organisation committed to bringing about change that protects the natural world from environmental crime and abuse. It operates with limited funds, so every penny raised makes a difference.

Please help me to raise as much as possible to help the EIA with its sterling work.

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