5am on the Saturday of the eagerly anticipated London Marathon weekend. Our world has been turned upside down in these most challenging of times, and amazing charities, like our incredible Salisbury Hospice now needs our support more than ever. 

Having had to cancel and postpone all their planned 2020 fundraising events, many of which my team and I at Nationwide, Salisbury branch, were looking forward to support including the "Midnight Walk" and the "Jurassic Coast 50k Challenge" has left a massive hole in their fundraising, at a time when they need it most.

Having been to the hospice and met their staff along with my team, its heart breaking to think they wont be able to raise vital funds to support every aspect of this fantastic charity.

So, I've decided to come up with my own "Hospice Hero" #TwoPointSixChallange...my team at Nationwide committed to support, and support and fundraise we will even in these challenging times!

Like many, I was due to run the London Marathon this weekend, and have trained hard so its a shame to let my hard work go to waste...right?!

So here's the twist...I measured out a 1 mile loop on Garmin/Strava around our iconic Salisbury Cathedral, and at 5am on Saturday 25th April, I will be running 26 laps of this loop to complete my 26.2 mile marathon.

I'm starting at 5am to ensure I'm all alone, plus it will be cooler, and I will complete the mind numbing 26 lap marathon solo, no crowd, no water stations, no fuel around the Cathedral.

I've seen first hand how the Hospice use their much needed fundraising funds, and every penny is so appreciated and vital to them, so please, share, support, donate and lets raise much needed funds for this incredible charity!