Hi All,

As I near another milestone in my life I have again decided to do something extremely difficult and run another 26 miles. Berlin is to be my last big marathon (don't think my legs or knees will take another) and I am raising money for another good cause, the mental health charity IT TAKES BALLS TO TALK!

All sponsorship will go directly to the charity and put to good use, trying to prevent suicide from which there really is no coming back!

It could be a simple 5 minute conversation is all that is needed to prevent this needless event and the more funds the charity has the more people they can help people, so please give generously...

My goal is under 4 hours but I've only ever done this once and that was 20 years ago, so its more likely to be a lot of grunting and groaning well before the end as the 4 hours passes me by...