Hi I’m Lauren and I’m running a half marathon for Bunny angels in February 2027.

I’m going to begin this by stressing how immensely I CANNOT run. I hate it, my body was not built for it and my joints and shin splints are already crying at the thought of it. My event in sports day was the 100m sprint and the trauma of doing the 1500m and cross country at school is something I have discussed in depth with my therapist. For a lot of people a half marathon is probably a fairly normal event. For me, this is insanity. In a zombie apocalypse I will be the first to die because even if my life depended on it, I probably wouldn’t run. Now if a bunny’s life depended on it, well I’d run, I’d move heaven and earth… and so here we are.

Rabbits are the most abused and neglected domestic animal, every rabbit rescue in the country is at bursting point and for the first time ever, with over 400 rabbits on the waiting list, bunny angels have had to close their doors to new intakes. These poor babies never asked for this, it’s not their fault, but pet shops and breeders have put money over ethics (as always), and it’s the poor bunnies who are paying the price. So, given how truly horrendous this event is going to be for me, I hope that encourages you to dig deep for me. Please donate to my pain and suffering so we can help to alleviate the pain and suffering of as many bunnies as we can.

In loving memory of Bertie, Nellie and George, my beautiful Bunny Angels buns who sadly didn’t make it, and of course my beloved Smudge and Honey, who were the beginning of my rabbit obsession.