Firstly, thank you for getting this far! The last time I asked for sponsorship I was in school, and that was so long ago I have no idea what it was for...

I have been incredibly lucky to be offered a place to run the 2027 London marathon and I'm doing it for my 14 year old daughter Amy who has recently returned home from an 11 month stay in hospital.

Since leaving school I haven't participated in any sport but started running when I hit 50, 3 years ago, to get fit as my 2 children were wearing me out! Then as Amy became ill and was admitted to hospital for a year I found that time out running really helped me get my head around what was going on and gave me time to think about all the things I needed to without all the distractions that I would have at home.

Now to why I am really happy to run for the charity Autistica.

Those that know our family are aware of what we have been through the last couple of years and although its not directly linked to Autism anything I can do to support a great charity like Autistica would be effort well spent if they can continue to raise awareness and to support and help those that need it.

Thank you for reading this and thank you so much for your donation. Now I have to work out how on earth I'm going to manage to run 26.2 miles.......