On June 16th, I've succumbed to a mid-life crisis and signed up to a Half-Ironman triathlon. The Lakesman 2024 is described as " the ultimate test of endurance set against the backdrop of Cumbria’s breathtaking natural beauty"..... A 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21km run around Keswick and the Lake District.

More importantly though, I'm doing this to raise funds for SUDEP Action and in memory of Emily Sumaria. Emily was Amy's (my wife) little sister who went to bed one night whilst at Leeds University in December 2012 and sadly never woke up.

Whilst Emily had epilepsy, she was on medication and you could count on one hand the number of seizures she'd had. Her epilepsy was fully controlled and it was 4 months before her family knew from the coroner that Emily had died from SUDEP: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Emily's family had never heard of it and had never been warned that it was a risk - since that moment, we have all been determined to change that.

Every donation counts so thank you very much!

About SUDEP Action:

Although most people with epilepsy live long and healthy lives, epilepsy is one of the top-ten causes of early death. At SUDEP Action, they focus their efforts on providing tools to help keep people safe and on the priorities that bereaved families say are important: To prevent deaths; To be supported; To be involved.