I’m running for BEAT to raise awareness of eating disorders and to support sufferers to find help. 

As a former sufferer myself I’m deeply aware of how these illnesses affect people. To the sufferer the illnesses rule their lives and almost every waking second is spend trying to control what they eat and how they behave. To friends and family it is heart breaking to watch and my biggest regret from my teenage years is the hurt my illness caused to mine.

With the support of many great people and my amazing friends and family I got better. Day by day at first and now year by year I want to prove to people that it is possible to move on. I also want to make it okay to talk openly about it with anyone at any time. Eating disorders make people very lonely and the sooner people feel comfortable about talking about their feelings and being open about their eating habits then the sooner they can start the road to getting better.

So please help me. Sponsor me and share my story. Let’s make it easy for sufferers to admit they are not okay and to find help. Thank you

I originally set this up for the Edinburgh Half Marathon in May 2020 and following that the 2020 Great North Run. With the global pandemic and race cancellations I am now running the 2021 Great North Run for BEAT.