In memory of my wonderful, effervescent god-less mother Jessica Morris, and to raise money for the charity she founded, I am running the length of the London Underground in 2022.

Jessica died in June of 2021, after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma five years ago. Before she died, she set up Our Brain Bank, an innovative, patient-led movement designed to move glioblastoma from terminal to treatable, powered by patients.

The London Underground is 400 km (249 miles) long. I will run every line, station to station, and I predict it will take me around four months with one long run (averaging 21km / 13 miles) a week. I'm starting with the Victoria Line (23.35km / 14.5 miles) - running from Walthamstow Central to Brixton on Saturday the 8th of January. 

Some lines are longer than others (the Northern Line, High Barnet to Morden, via Charing Cross is 36.2km / 22.5 miles) and while I will run a few in a single day (running a marathon/ultra marathon), others I'll split into two. I hope to finish by Jessica's birthday on the 22nd July.

I will run past every single station, on every branch of every line. I am only including, however, the underground lines (so no national rail and not the overground) - gotta draw the line somewhere!

This is a huge and lengthy undertaking! I'm going to need lots of donations to motivate me. There are several ways you can support this hefty stretch of running:

- You could donate a pound / penny per station I pass (there are 272 stations on the London Underground)

- You could sponsor a specific line. 

- You could run a section (or the whole thing!) with me and gather your own donations

- You could donate a pound / penny per km or mile I run (400 km / 249 miles)?

- You could send this fundraising page to as many people as there are lines (11!)

But - every little helps! I'm doing this in memory of someone I love very much, but I'm also doing it for an absolutely incredible cause. Our Brain Bank and I share a radical vision of cancer care reform - one that places patients at the very centre and positions them as the experts in their own illness and treatment. The life expectancy of someone diagnosed with glioblastoma has barely shifted in the past 100 years, and we do not want to wait another 100 years more.

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