I will be wheeling the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday 6th April 2025, a few days over six months from my above knee amputation surgery. As a beneficiary of the Matt Hampson Foundation, I have experienced firsthand the exceptional support they offer and will be undertaking this challenge to help raise essential funds for the centre.

I had a life changing riding accident in 2009, which resulted in a leg broken in three places and Compartment Syndrome which was not treated appropriately and left me with irreparable nerve damage. I subsequently underwent multiple corrective surgeries on my ankle and knee, with various ligament and bone injuries throughout. I had a TTC fusion in 2019 to stabilise my ankle joint, which later caused a fracture above my tibial rod delaying the required knee surgery. I continued to return to sport and unfortunately ruptured my ACL and MCL skiing in December 2023. The reconstructive surgery in March 2024 went well, until I contracted a post op infection. 3 rounds of sepsis, 150 nights in Hospital between March and October, 7 major surgeries ultimately leading to an above knee amputation in October 2024.

The Foundation have been crucial throughout my ongoing recovery, in my endeavours to learn how to walk again, encouraging me to try new sports (wheelchair basketball and paracanoe), have given me confidence back in a commercial gym and to return to a busy working life. I therefore wanted to challenge myself to something I have never done before (I have never been a runner since my 2009 accident!) and wheel around the sights of London in support of this incredible cause.

The Get Busy Living Centre provides expert physiotherapy, specialist personal training, support, mentoring and advice to people suffering a life-changing injury through sport. It's a unique facility which opened its doors in 2018 and is the brainchild of founder and former England and Leicester Tigers rugby player Matt Hampson, who himself experienced a life-changing injury in 2005 leaving him paralysed from the neck down, aged just 20.

Building a sense of community is central to the Matt Hampson Foundation. In the aftermath of an incident which leads to a life-changing injury most people and their families feel isolated with an overwhelming sense of loss for what has been taken away from them.