I am incredibly excited (and nervous) to have been successful in gaining a place in the 2022 London Marathon on 2nd October. This will be my first ever marathon and I will be aiming to complete it in under 4 hours, which for an ex-front row forward is a daunting task! 

Doddie Weir is one of rugby's most recognisable personalities. He earned 61 caps for Scotland during a successful playing career, represented the British and Irish Lions on their successful tour to South Africa in 1997, and won championships with his two club sides, Melrose and Newcastle Falcons.

A talented, committed and athletic lock forward, Doddie is now facing his biggest challenge. In June 2017 he revealed he was suffering from Motor Neuron Disease. From the outset, Doddie has been driven to help fellow sufferers and seek ways to further research into this, as yet, incurable disease.

Doddie is driven to help find a cure for this devastating disease. Driven by his frustration at the lack of progress in the treatment of MND and the absence of options for those given this awful diagnosis, Doddie and his Trustees established the My Name5 Doddie Foundation, launched at Murrayfield ahead of the Scotland v New Zealand match in November 2017. We have a clear vision: A World Free of MND.

To date, My Name'5 Doddie Foundation has committed over £6.5 million to research and over £1.5 million to support families living with MND.