OMG!!! I am running the 2026 TCS London Marathon for Brain Research UK!

This is a charity close to my heart, as my wife has been diagnosed with a Brain Tumour and is awaiting surgery at the present.

With my wife's diagnosis I have seen how this has effected her both mentally and physically.

I have also over the last few years the effects of neurological conditions have effected people and those around them as unfortunately my father-in-law passed away from MND and my wife's Nan was a sufferer of Parkinson's.

I am pushing myself to do this to support my wife and future patients of neurological issues

I am a 55 year old man who until a year ago had never done any running apart from in school, a year and a half ago I weighed 24 and a half stone changing my lifestyle has meant I have lost nearly 8 stone this was helped by completing the couch to 5K program as well.

SO THIS WILL BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR ME, but I am determined to do it

Brain Research UK is the UKs leading national funder dedicated to research into neurological conditions. The charity fund vital research to increase understanding, improve diagnosis and treatment, and work towards the prevention of neurological conditions, to help people who suffer with them live better, longer.

Their funding is currently focused on three priority research areas: Brain Tumours, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, and Headache and Facial Pain. These are areas where there is a large unmet patient need that is not reflected in current funding levels. By concentrating their efforts on these three areas, our support can have a more significant impact.

Help me to make a difference - your support means that Brain Research UK can continue to fund life-changing research so that people living with neurological conditions can live better, longer.