I entered the London marathon for the 2019 race and unfortunately had to defer due to an injury. Thinking that 2020 would be my year, the ’40th’ marathon and I turned 40… I convinced myself it was meant to be… I was wrong! 

So here I am 3 years on….3 years older, 3 years slower, full of pain in various parts of my lower body and about to take part in one of the hardest things I have ever done, mentally and physically! The training has been so hard and I now know what it feels like to be broken… I’m certainly not made for running! 

I’ve chosen to support The eve Appeal as it is something very personal to me. 

When I was pregnant with my daughter I found out I carry the Braca 2 gene. Which means I am a lot  more likely to get breast or ovarian cancer than the average person.  At the time it really didn’t effect me and I was very much of the mind set of ‘ I receive yearly Breast MRI and ovarian ultrasound scans, if they find anything they’ll find it early and il be treated’. Wow how your mindset can change. I have since lost some very close friends to breast cancer and secondary breast cancer and had a scare myself, that I have now decided to have risk reducing surgery…. In fact I have a double mastectomy 5 days after running this marathon! 

The thought of my daughter going through this journey saddens me. Hopefully The Eve Appeal can help make a difference. I don’t like asking for money, especially in a time like this (which is why I’m so late in setting this up) but if you can spare anything it would be very much appreciated…. It will certainly help me on the day! 

Thank so much x