Hi, my name is Cormac and I am 9-years-old. When I was just two days old, I suddenly became very ill with a really high temperature. It turned out that I had a horrible bug called meningitis, which had got into my blood stream and travelled up towards my brain. As I was really sick, I was rushed to NICU - which is intensive care for babies. Here, I was looked after by an amazing team of doctors and nurses, who saved my life.

Luckily for me, I am now fit and healthy and can do all the things a typical 9-year-old boy can do - run, swim, ride a bike, play football... However, some children are not so lucky and are left with lots of life-long problems after recovering from meningitis. So, this Christmas I have decided to give a little back and raise lots of much need needed money for the charity Meningitis Now, who do lots of good work helping children and adults who have been affected by meningitis.

During the whole of Advent, I will be running - come rain or shine - 3 km a day so I can reach my target of 75 km on Christmas day.

I would really appreciate it if you could sponsor me what you can so we can stop people from dying from meningitis and give support to people who have been affected by this horrible bug.

Thank you for your support,

Cormac