I only started running in April 2026 to improve my fitness. Someone mentioned the Oxford half marathon and it sounded like a good challenge so I signed up. I wanted to find a charity to support and Style Acre was a good choice for me. This is because having a mild level of autism actually helps me in my life but many people have a major level which makes their lives difficult. Style Acre supports these people. Hence my choice so please help them.

STOP PRESS

My training went better than expected and I was overwhelmed by the generosity of sponsors. I felt that just doing the half marathon was not enough challenge to meet the level of donations

So I raised the bar and on October 4th completed the Thames Meander full marathon on the Thames towpath in London with a time of 4:36 mins. It hurt and I am now going to be doing the half marathon on the back of this during the recovery period.