I'm Tom. I have never ran a marathon before.

But on October 19th I'll be running the full 26.2 miles of the Yorkshire Marathon!

Because I know it's not going to be easy, I decided I wanted to try and do some good whilst I'm training for this mammoth challenge!

During the whole 1312km (815 miles) of my entire 18-week training block I'll be fundraising for a fantastic charity local to me, Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. They offer invaluable care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions. They are an underfunded organisation who do extremely powerful work.