As most people will know, we lost mum on 5th May this year, following her battle with Systemic Sclerosis (Scelroderma) and Raynaud's which led to symptoms from cold fingers and toes, to severe organ damage, scarring to her heart and episodes of cardiac arrhythmia.

So little is known about this disease, there is currently no cure and in mum’s case, I don’t think even the professionals knew how much damage it had caused.

I’ve never been a runner despite my love of fitness so a 10km seems like a good challenge to set myself whilst hopefully raising awareness and funding for SRUK.

I’ve roped Zac into training me and racing with me as mum knows, I’m a wimp and can’t do anything on my own!

At the same time as helping me get ready for the 10km, Zac is also busy training for his next boxing fight on 6th November. Zac has put SRUK forward as one of the charities the event will be raising money towards and any personal donations in support of Zac would be greatly appreciated!

If you are able, please help us in achieving our goal and raising awareness in Mum’s memory. I hope that she’s both having a laugh at my expense and feeling proud that I’m giving it a go! She told me she used to quite like martial arts so I know she’ll be cheering Zac on from where she is now.

P.S. anyone is more than welcome to come and cheer us on during the run, I’m sure it’ll help me run faster!

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