We are running the 2025 London Marathon to raise crucial funds for a truly exceptional cause, The Hospice of the Good Shepherd. Please donate if you can. Read on to find out more about our stories.

Alasdair

Mum died in 2022 and had been transferred to a hospice to give her the care and help she needed to find comfort and peace. It was a relief to our family that this help was available and we saw her relax in body and spirit and the sunny day she made her final journey.

The Hospice of the Good Shepherd provides this help in Chester, which is a short distance from where I grew up and is such a worthwhile and important cause.

It is a privilege to run with Graham who has inspired me to enter this event. In getting fit and healthy for the next period of our lives and I know mum would be proud and pleased for us both.

Graham

We lost the most incredible Georgina Jones Pagaduan, Georgie to her friends, to cancer in 2017. Running in Georgie's memory, someone so full of life, and an athlete in her own time, is a very special way to honour her.

In 2020, my Grandmother, Nanny Parry, was also taken from us by cancer. Her strength and love were an inspiration to the whole family, to never give up, to keep on fighting, and to smile in the face of adversity.

These two superheroes are the reason I am lacing up and commiting myself to this 26.2 miles. To do them proud.

The Hospice of the Good Shepherd is a place of love and care, of dignity and kindness, that supports the loved ones who are leaving and the family who remain. Their work is vital - which is why I am supporting them through our running together.

To run with Ali has provided me with the support, encouragement and inspiration to take on the London Marathon.

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