I am doing London 2024 marathon on 21st April in memory of our dear friend Tanya, who fought with everything she had but unfortunately lost her battle with Leukaemia on 23rd May 2022. Tanya was the bravest person and fought with everything she had. Leukaemia is a cruel disease and seeing someone you care about go through it is devastating. Tanya was an absolute warrior. Tanya left behind her 2 beautiful daughters and her soulmate.

We are Leukaemia UK. We believe research has the power to stop leukaemia devastating lives.

Despite decades of incredible progress, only half of leukaemia patients live longer than five years after their diagnosis. We won’t stop until we change this.

Bringing together the leukaemia community, we will accelerate progress through life-changing research, awareness and advocacy, doing everything we can to make sure that the next person with leukaemia has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment and care.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.