So there we were last August, playing FIFA and listening to our daughters going manic on the trampoline outside. Talk turned to old running war stories. Stephen, apropos of nothing, says 'I saw on Facebook that the Jesuit Refugee Service were looking for people to run the marathon for them ...' and here we are.

Please sponsor us for the following reasons:

i) You'll be raising money for an excellent organisation who provide help to some of the most vulnerable in society;

ii) we aim to pray a decade of the rosary whilst running for everyone who donates to our 'MARYthon' (arf arf); and

iii) the more raised, the less this feels like a daft attempt to stave off middle age.

Many thanks

Stephen and Andrew