Super healthy and full of life at 62, my mum went to her yearly check-up. A few follow-ups, 7 months living at hospital, and a successful stem-cell transplant later, we were all devastatingly tired but hopeful and so so close to getting back to our normal lives. In 3 weeks, she was gone.

I'm doing this for my dearest most impressive mama who showed me how never to give up. Who else do you know to have defended and passed their Master's from the hospital while on chemo?

Please join my journey from being a couch potato to running a half-marathon!

You can follow my training journey on Strava.

More about Leukaemia UK:

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.