On 23rd September I'm attempting to complete my first and only Ironman in Italy. Ahead of that I'm doing one more 'normal' Olympic triathlon. 

This will be my 17th and last triathlon and I wanted to use the occasion to raise some much needed money for Duchenne UK - an amazing charity that aims to find treatments and a cure for children suffering with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a muscle wasting disease.

This disease is nasty. 

I first came across it when I was reporting for BBC South Today and met an amazing young boy who was recently diagnosed. His prognosis was, like everyone who has the condition, not good. But he held his head up high and was living his likely short life to the full.

Please help me raise the modest sum of £250 to help the charity find a cure.

Joe