Im Ben, 24 from Dorset. Im new to running but I am using it to push myself and as an outlet for when I'm having harder times. I had an especially difficult 2025 at times so I am challenging myself to train for and to run the 2026 London Marathon. It's a once in a lifetime experience and I'm excited to one day be able to look back it and tell people that it is something I have accomplished.

I am running for Children in Need. They are a charity that I have a great deal of respect for and a preexisting affinity with; I recently completed the Oggie 8 challenge in order to raise funds and awareness for their incredible cause. Children have no fault or blame for the awful situations they can be put into and they are some of the most vulnerable of us, I believe children at their heart also represent the best of humanity so they deserve all the help that we can give them.