I am setting myself one of the biggest personal challenges I have ever done and I am doing this for two reasons:

First, my lovely husband Will has MS. It is a cruel and heart breaking disease and I will do anything I can to support the MS Society in their continuing work to find a cure and to support individuals and their families. Day to day life can be compared to a marathon for Will, he approaches this with his normal good humour (mostly :-)) and this has given me the motivation to run my own marathon.

Second, running helps me - it helps me clear my mind and remain balanced as we both go through this journey. I went from barely being able to run to the end of the road to happily going out on a weekend and running for a few hours. I have met some wonderful people through running and appreciate the hours that we spend together, chatting about everything and nothing as we train for our next event.

The marathon is my personal goal but being able to raise money at the same time for the MS society is my motivation. This is what will keep me going around the course. Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page and for any donation you are able to make.

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