So why have we signed ourselves up? As we enter the winter months, and embark on our training plan we're asking ourselves the same question but ultimately the endless miles, early mornings and achy legs will all be worth it, and we know with your help, we can help support a wonderful charity.

Who are we running for? Fight for Sight is a charity dedicated to stop sight loss in its tracks. By funding pioneering eye research, they're creating a future everyone can see.

Mike's cousin, Maddie, was diagnosed with was diagnosed with Stargardts disease; sufferers lose their central vision which means that they can use only their peripheral vision to carry out basic tasks such as reading or looking at objects that are more than a short distance away. Its effects cannot currently be reversed.

The pioneering research that is being carried out by Fight for Sight is starting to reveal why the disease occurs. There is potential for stem cell research to make a substantial difference to those children and young adults who are unlucky enough to have been given these recessive genes. One day it should be possible for sufferers to be able to do more than just accept their fate.

We hope that by raising funds for this research to continue we can bring forward the time when individuals have a chance of having their eye sight restored, and thereby living a fully normal life again. What would be even better still, is if in future, people didn’t have to lose their sight in the first place.

How can you help us? Obviously raising £4,000 is no easy feat, so every donation helps us get one step closer. And even if you can't donate, then please come and cheer us on on the big day, Sunday 22nd April 2018.

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Amy and Mike x