Cancer will touch everyone through their lives. I had six months of chemotherapy as a teenager whilst doing my O' Levels. My uncle (treated by the Royal Marsden) and father both fought cancer until it beat them. My wife lost her mother to breast cancer in her teens, and her sister has successfully beaten it twice so far. An aunt and several cousins have also undergone treatment over the years. A brother-in-law was treated for severe throat cancer by the Royal Marsden. And currently another family member is fighting stage 4 cancer and receiving fantastic support from the Royal Marsden.

I'm running a 100km mountain ultra 𝚊̶𝚌̶𝚛̶𝚘̶𝚜̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝙻̶𝚊̶𝚔̶𝚎̶ ̶𝙳̶𝚒̶𝚜̶𝚝̶𝚛̶𝚒̶𝚌̶𝚝̶ around Snowdonia on ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚕̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚠̶𝚎̶𝚎̶𝚔̶𝚎̶𝚗̶𝚍̶ ̶𝚘̶𝚏̶ ̶𝙼̶𝚊̶𝚛̶𝚌̶𝚑̶ 16-17 May to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. 𝙸̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚝̶𝚊̶𝚛̶𝚝̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚂̶𝚝̶ ̶𝙱̶𝚎̶𝚎̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚘̶𝚗̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚠̶𝚎̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚘̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚗̶𝚍̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚘̶𝚕̶𝚕̶𝚘̶𝚠̶'̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚆̶𝚊̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚠̶𝚛̶𝚒̶𝚐̶𝚑̶𝚝̶’̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚘̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚘̶𝚊̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚛̶𝚘̶𝚞̶𝚝̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚂̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚙̶,̶ ̶𝚠̶𝚑̶𝚒̶𝚌̶𝚑̶ ̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚌̶𝚕̶𝚞̶𝚍̶𝚎̶𝚜̶ ̶𝟹̶.̶𝟻̶𝚔̶𝚖̶ ̶𝚘̶𝚏̶ ̶𝚟̶𝚎̶𝚛̶𝚝̶𝚒̶𝚌̶𝚊̶𝚕̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚕̶𝚒̶𝚖̶𝚋̶.̶ It starts and finishes in Llanberis, and includes a total elevation gain of 5,400m taking in the peaks of Bwlch Glas, Moel Siabod, Y Ro Wen, Moelwyn Mawr, Cnicht, Moel Hebog and Mynydd Drws-y-coed.

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. They ensure The Royal Marsden’s world-leading nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world.

From funding state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, they never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.