Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

On July 19 i returned from my holiday to the most devastating news that my dad fell very ill due to a severe stroke which had effected the whole left side of his body. This has been a life changing experience which has affected the whole family. My dad spent nearlly 3 months in the Oakdale ward at Harrogate District Hospital. He then got transferred to lacells rehabilitation unit where he spent a further 4 weeks. Unfortunately at this moment in time due to the severity of the stroke the likelihood of my dad making a full recovery is highly unlikely. Without the care and support my dad received at both Oakdale and Lacells he would not have had the chance to progress to where he is now.
No words will ever be enough to thank all the health care professional who have helped with with dads progression, so I have decided to challange myself and enter around 5 races that I will complete and raise money. Within the 5 races I will be training hard to complete my first ever half marathon which to me has always seemed impossible but I know it'll be an achievement. To kick start the list I am doing the Leeds abbey dash tomorrow which was my first ever race last year . Since then I have trained and completed a few more races. I have not yet decided on the races I will be taking part in but I will update the page in the next few weeks .

I have always found that running is a mental struggle for me. Releasing the mind to the pain of exertion is one battle another is working against the limit you put on yourself. Believing you can do better is the first step which I have always struggled to do but one way to achieve that is to picture myself accomplishing my goals. Running has taught me if you put the hard work in you will see a result. Running has been both a relaxation method and a competition to always better yourself and accomplish goals. I will be giving every race my all and look forward to them.

Any donations that are given would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

2018

•Leeds abbey dash 10k ✅

•Brownlee 5k 22 November ✅

•Jolly Holly Jog 31 December ✅ 

•Dewsbury 10k 2 February ✅

•Harewood House Hald Marathon 25 February ✅  

• Harrogate 10k ✅ 

• Leeds 10k ✅ 

• Sir Titus trot 10k ✅ (2nd female)

• Yorkshire Warrior 10k ✅ 

• Yorkshire 10 miler ✅ 

• Leeds Canal Christmas Cracker ✅ (3rd female) 

2019

• Brass monkey (half marathon)