Thank you for visiting, but I have now closed out my 2019 campaign, and together we raised more than £7,000.00 for the Macular Society!

Next Spring I will be running three marathons, including London, and aiming to raise £10,000.00! If you would like to donate, please go to www.justgiving.com/fundraising/run4eyes2020 

Or visit my blog at www.run4eyes.com

Thank You!

Macular Degeneration can affect anyone! Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. A number of years ago I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. Here are a few facts about the disease, which can take many forms and has a variety of causes: 

• In 2015 Macular Disease affected 6.2 million people globally.
• Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK.
• There is currently no cure. 
• Treatment, when appropriate, involves monthly injections into one or both eyeballs!

I am one of the lucky ones. As of this writing only one eye is affected, and, after several years of injections in the affected eye, the disease has been arrested. However, my sight will never again  be normal and there is no guarantee that the deterioration will not return or that my other eye will not be affected.

Although I remain optimistic that I will continue to lead a normal life I want to take the opportunity now, to raise some money towards research into a cure and better treatments, and to provide much needed help for those who have not been as fortunate as I.

At the age of 71 I have been lucky enough to secure a "Good for Age" place in the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon and on race day, April 28, I will be four days shy of my 72nd birthday . 

Between now and then I am looking to raise AT LEAST £2,620.00 for the Macular Society. This would represent £100.00 per mile of the 26.2 mile event.

We are all constantly bombarded with requests to support various charities: children's charities, foreign aid, cancer in all its many forms, etc. All of these are excellent causes and I do my best to donate to fund-raisers on a regular basis. The Macular Society is perhaps not one of the better known charities, something of a Cinderella cause, you might say. But anyone--young or old--can be affected by macular disease, so let me ask you this:

• Which would you prefer... to risk losing your sight and/or face the prospect of monthly injections in your eye(s)? 
• Or will you please consider making a donation to my London Marathon appeal?

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast, and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving--they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the Macular Society. So it's the most efficient way to donate--saving time and cutting costs for the charity.