THE PARIS MARATHON - April 10th

It all started with a quick jog last summer on holiday. It now takes up the majority of my spare time. My wife calls this my healthy mid-life crisis: I guess it doesn't cost much money and it is keeping me physically fit.

Maybe it will also raise some money for a good cause? Please contribute towards my two charity choices the British Heart Foundation and St. John's Hospice (there are separate just giving sites for each charity). The BHF supports so much of the vital cardiac research in the UK - and indeed supported me in my work investigating heart muscle disease at Imperial College. The work at St John's reaches so many people at a difficult time; the hospice is part of one my current hospitals.

Thank you for any contribution and wish me luck.