Every day 25 people are diagnosed with a Brain Tumour in this country, thats over 9100 a year.

Brain Tumours are the biggest cancer killer of Children and Adults under 40.

In December 2012 and immediately following giving birth to our daughter Esme, my wife, Vicki Morana was diagnosed with having a Anaplastic Astrocytoma Brain Tumour. To this day i do not know where Vicki got the strength from to go through Labour, Brain Surgery and 6 weeks of Radiotherapy in the space of 4 months but she did and continues to go from strength to strength. In March, 2014 Vicki returned to work, another milestone achieved in defeating this terrible thing.

Nothing I can do or say will show the eternal gratitude to;

Staff at Ormskirk Maternity Ward for saving Vicki

Walton Centre Neurological Team for a successful Operation.

All the staff at Clatterbridge

Liverpool Neurosupport

The Brain Tumour Charity

Family & Friends

Our daughter Esme, being born and by doing so bringing on the chain of events that allowed early diagnosis and treatment.

As a small thankyou though, in this year and beyond I have decided to start to raise money and awareness of Brain Tumours by raising funds for the Brain Tumour Charity.

This year, 2014 will see me run a series of 7 10K runs. Training has started and I have recently ran just under 10K in 59 mins. The target of breaking the 50 Min mark by the end of race 7 seems a long way off.

We appreciate that many of you reading this have your own charities that you support so it doesnt have to be just your money that you can give to support Myself, Vicki and the Brain Tumour Charity.

1) Donate If you can

2) Run in 1 or more of the 7 events I will be doing during 2014. (Please let me know in advance and i will arrange for Brain Tumour Charity T-shirts to be supplied)

3) Be aware of the Brain Tumour Charity and all the good work it does at www.braintumourcharity.org

Vicki has said she may even run or walk one of the 10K's if we raise enough money!! Thanks for reading the above, it would be great to see some of our friends out on the course so get in touch.

So last but not least, the all Important dates for your diary (You will have to register for the events yourself should you wish to take part)

Race 1. Feb 9, 2014 : Mad dog 10K Southport : COMPLETED 57:19 (PB)

Thanks to Tony Grindrod for taking part and joining me on this run.

Race 2. April 27, 2014 : Belle Vue 10K Ormskirk : COMPLETED 58 : 51 

Thanks to Gary Jones for taking part and joining me on this run.

Race 3. May 4, 2014 : Liverpool Spring 10K : COMPLETED 55 : 52 (PB)

Thanks to Andrew Pendlebury, Kerstin Heckelsmueller and Mark Mcguiness for joining me on this run. Also big thanks to Alex and Yvette for running and supporting the charity.

Race 4. July 13, 2014 : London 10K

COMPLETED 56.06

Thanks to Stephen Morana for joining me on this run, despite not much training he completed in a PB of 1H 6 Min.

Race 5. Sept  28th 2014 : Southport

COMPLETED 52.43 (NEW PB)

Thanks to Tony Grindrod (PB), Penny Anderson and Colin Dickman for running with me and supporting the charity.

Race 6.12th Oct 2014 : Ormskirk Gingerbread Man 10k

COMPLETED 55.51

Thanks to Andy Stanley for taking part and dragging me along for those last 2k.

Race 7. 22 Nov 2014 : Croxteth Park 10K

 Thanks Again

Love

Pete, Vicki, Joshua & Esme

xxx