As some of you may know, my girlfriend's mother passed away earlier this month after a short illness. I have therefore decided to delay a little surgery to fix two slipped discs, dig out my trainers and head out to Chicago to run a marathon on 10th October. Having spent the last four months lazily hobbling around, this gives me about seven weeks to train which should be interesting!

The aim is to raise as much money as possible for FORCE, a charity which helps families affected by terminal illness. They have been an amazing help to Rosie and her family over the past few months, and hopefully you will agree that this is an extremely worthwhile cause.

I would be grateful for any and all donations. If you would like to learn more about FORCE and the great work that they do, I have attached a link below:

http://www.forcecancercharity.co.uk/