My beautiful mummy, Lorna Dornan, died from Pancreatic Cancer at the tender age of 50 in 1998. She was only 48 when she was tragically diagnosed, and luckily for us lived for 14 months through brutal treatment.

She left behind her young, vibrant husband, and 3 young, thriving children.

Tragically for many others diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, the journey to the end is shorter. For our family, although it was an incredibly painful time, we did get some time - what I would give for more of that today.

I will be 48 when I take on my first (and probably only) ever marathon, and 14 months away from my 50th. I am now so brutally aware of just how young mum was to lose her life. As a mummy myself today, I could not imagine the pain of having to say goodbye to my gorgeous little family - but very sadly many do have to endure that.

The timing of mum's diagnosis couldn't be more in sync with the London Marathon 2026 and our ages. With your support, I truly hope we can support other families who suffer such painful loss with this terrible cancer.

And once again - I have to thank my family supporting training time with this challenge - I literally couldn't do it without you.

Please if you can give any kind of support, financial, babysitting, etc it would be so very welcome!

Now to pick up the miles, stop the booze, and try to enjoy the next few months, and hopefully raise a lot of money. THANK YOU XX

We are Pancreatic Cancer UK.

We go above and beyond for everyone affected by this disease. Right now, half of people with pancreatic cancer die within three months of diagnosis. Families are left with only hope to hold onto. They need more. So, we do more.

We bring more breakthroughs through research, more change through campaigning, and more support through our expert nurses. We make more noise because people have gone unheard. We are relentless because the disease is ruthless. We care more because people feel forgotten.