I am running the Worcestershire marathon of the Marathons for Miracles in aid of Tommy’s.

Tommy’s is a wonderful charity that supports women and families right throughout the pre natal, maternity and post natal journey, whether that be with regards to infertility, baby loss, or safe birth and birth trauma. Maternity services in the NHS are chronically underfunded and understaffed, with recent reports saying that they are therefore unable to provide consistently safe care and with one in four suffering a miscarriage and one in three saying they suffered a traumatic birth and circa 5% developing CB-PTSD (like me), the chances are you know someone that has been through one of the many circumstances that Tommys strives to support (even if they might not have told you about it!). So please support this wonderful cause if you can and think of me sweating it out in this heatwave!!

Olly is doing 39 marathons in 39 weeks and his message is below:

Marathons for Miracles Team Page

🏃 39 marathons

🗓 in 39 consecutive weeks (Dec 28th '25 - Sep 19th '26)

📍 in the 39 historic counties of England (check out the schedule!)

🩷 supporting Tommy’s

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As my wife and I embarked on our pregnancy journey in 2022, we were blissfully unaware of the very real possibility of miscarriage. Until, in late August, the unthinkable happened. Since then, we have seen and heard of those who have had similar, devastating experiences.

This is an issue which is so common, and yet so rarely spoken about... until it's too late.

So, I plan to do something about it. I will be running 39 marathons over 39 consecutive weeks, throughout 2026. I will run in each of the 39 historic counties of England, joined each week be a member of the Marathons for Miracles team. This is made up of 39 inspiring families who are motivated by their own experiences to run for this great cause.