Hello my dearest friends and family!! Thanks for poppin' in to say hello!

I am running the 2008 Great Manchester Run on Sunday 18th May and I want your money!!!  The course is 10km (6.21ish miles), is the first run I will be attempting and I hope to finish in under 1 hour.  As the dedicated athlete you all know me to be, I have braved the Lycra clad ladies at my local gym and risked life and death running the mean streets of Stockport in pursuit of getting fit for it!!

While running, I'm looking to raise some money for the good people at Mind - The Mental Health Charity.  For various reasons, people with mental health problems are negativelly labelled but Mind offers help and support.  In addition to the more extreme mental health problems, Mind offers support for more common problems that you may have personally been affected by or know someone who has.  Some problems that Mind offer support with include anxiety, addiction, ADHD, autism, bullying, anorexia, bulimia, bereavement, dementia, depression, panic attacks, self-harm and schizophrenia among others.  If you want anymore info on what Mind do, click on their logo to the left.

I am running for Mind as people close to me have suffered with some of the problems they help with (and I get a free T-shirt)!  So as I am willing to put up with the perils of "joggers nipple", blistered feet and a lot of chafing(!) PLEASE SPONSOR ME by giving as much as you can afford and help raise some money for people who are often forgot about.

Thanks again for visiting my page,

Simon