I started running fifteen months ago, struggling to run for more than a minute at a time. In less than a year, determination and hard work took me to two half-marathons.

Now I'm ready to take this further, both in distances and locations.

I'll become an international half-marathon runner this year, as I take on the Lisbon and Valencia half-marathons in March and October.

My place at Valencia is dependent on my raising £500 for Jackie Stewart's Race Against Dementia. I chose to run for this charity in memory of my late mother-in-law.

See you at the start lines, the finish lines and on the roads!