As those who know me are aware, May 4th 2018 saw my life take a dramatic turn when I became paralysed overnight with a rare spinal condition. Cauda Equina Syndrome which saw me paralysed from the waist down and given a less than 20% chance of ever walking again. Having learnt to walk again I’m now going to run the London Marathon to raise money for Spinal Research.

Undoubtedly this will be a huge challenge. A marathon is a big enough challenge without a disability, throw in the fact that my leg muscles don't fire properly, oh and that I currently (June 2024) have insufficiency fractures in both knees, this will be a tough test both mentally and physically.

Spinal Research is the UK’s leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop effective treatments for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. Every year 4,400 people in the UK suffer a spinal cord injury.

They receive no government funding and rely entirely on the support of the public to raise funds for research. As a result of the fundraising efforts of their supporters, they have funded innovative medical research that has achieved a number of ground breaking changes in the field. Read more here: https://spinal-research.org/