For those of you that don't know me I will explain why I am fundraising for part of Livability.

On 17 April 2016 I ran a 10k race at Ickworth Park. In a successful attempt to get under a 1 hour finish time I sprinted up the final hill. Unfortunately, as a result of this over exertion I had a stroke that has changed my life. Whilst the stroke happened after this run it wasn't the underlying cause. I still haven't had a diagnosed reason for my stroke and I continue to have tests to find this out. I have now permanently lost 40% of my eyesight, suffer from aphasia (problems with speaking), poor memory and cognitive problems. Every day life throws new challenges and facing them can be difficult.

I was fortunate to be referred to Icanho in Stowmarket, they are a specialist rehabilitation centre that supports adults that have suffered brain injury. Since attending there I have made significant improvement in many aspects of my deficits. Icanho are part of the Livability charity

To say thank you to Livability and to help their staff and future patients me and my son Ben have decided to raise money for them. We decided to run the London Marathon as it is a massive challenge.  Running for me now has a different outlook and although the likelihood of me having another stroke is lower, I still have the worry that it might happen again. 

My offline donations is the money from my virgin giving page. It means that I can keep a total fundraising figure in one place.

If you would like to know more about my stroke and how it has impacted on me, I have written a blog. This can be found at http://davidsstrokeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

If you want to see more of the work that Livabilty do watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtQtJHBrlvc

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