UPDATE POST MARATHON:

Hi All

Just to let you know I survived, I really can't believe I have completed my first marathon (under 5 hours and survived without injury)!!!  Thanks to all of you for your support, it's been fantastic and to know I have raised over £700 for my charity becasue of your support is overwhelming. Thanks again and look out for me at my next one. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Running has always been a passion of mine but I've never had enough time to do it regulary what with working, being a taxi service for the girls, housework, etc., etc, etc.  To be able to say that I have completed a marathon has always been on my to do list, but until recently, seemed like something I would never cross off. (I'd like to thank (I think?) Sarah Rogerson for pushing me into gear!)

Now here I am, only 1 week away from my first marathon which I've spent the last 4 months preparing for; pounding the streets of Hertfordshire doing hill runs, flat runs, speed work - the list goes on. I am really looking forward to crossing that finishing line and, as an added bonus, I get a few hours of peace along the way!

I would like to use this opportunity to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK, who are an incredible charity that look into the causes and treatments of dementia and hope to, one day prevent it. Those of you with first hand experience of this will know Alzheimer's is a degenerative condition, during which, the sufferer becomes increasingly more vulnerable and dependant on others when they were once so vibrant.

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So please dig deep and donate now!