LMTO does amazing things with musicals and musicians and deserves your support. Any amount will help: £23 will cover the place of someone at Sitz who can't afford it, £200 will cover the cost of one student participating in LMTO Upbeat, £1,000 funds one professional development workshop and £9,000 creates a brand new orchestra in a school where there are currently no music provisions. I'm going big and trying to raise £10,000 - a transformative sum that will have a really meaningful impact on what we can achieve in the next 12 months.

Dodgy knees prevent me from running, so instead I shall be testing my own internal pulse and stride length by attempting to march the 10km at a constant 115bpm, one of my favourite tempos. My average stride over the last year is 71cm, so that will mean a speed of 1.36m/s, so if my tempo is any good, I'll finish it in 2hr 2 minutes and 33 seconds. To make the challenge harder, I won't check the time for the duration of the run.

I encourage conditional sponsorship based on how close I can get to the time, and conditional mockery based on just how out away I get. Those cheering me on are encouraged to bring a metronome and provide feedback as I go.

Please do give generously.