In July this year we lost a close friend, Rich, to a sudden and unexpected brain aneurysm. Rich was one of the kindest people I have been lucky to know. 2026 was the first time we had agreed to run our local half marathon , the Robin Hood half, together. His bib came through the post recently and it hit us that this wouldn't happen. Instead, we are running in his memory. I can't promise I'll ever run to Rich's ability though as he managed to run the Sheffield half drunk years ago and also completed the Yorkshire three peaks challenge with zero training!

The charity I've chosen is Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), a suicide prevention charity. I hope it's one Rich would approve of.