I've decided to do the Loch Leven Half Marathon on behalf of Ruby and her lovely mum and dad. We met Ruby at the Paediatric Oncology Clinic at Ninewells Hospital after our own son's diagnosis. Ruby was the first friend he made at the clinic and we'd see the family every week.

Ruby went in to remission at around the same time as our son and had clear scans, then we got the awful news that her cancer had returned. Ruby went back in to treatment but the cancer was very aggressive.

In January 2020 Ruby passed away, peacefully, the day after her daddy's birthday.

My wife and I started fundraising with her mum and dad, we wanted to be able to help in the fight for kinder and more effective treatments for children with cancer. Many of the current treatments were developed decades ago, they are so hard for children to tolerate and often aren't effective. More research is needed to help find better treatment, which is why I'm doing this run in order to help raise vital funds for this work.

Please donate whatever you can know that your money is being put to good use to help future families from having to go through the hell that Ruby's family and so many other have had to endure.