On April 8th 2012 I lost a dear friend and one of my closest friends had his world turned upside down. Emily passed away in her sleep due to complications with Type 1 Diabetes.

 

In her memory, a team of us (friends and family of Emily) are running the 2013 London marathon for Diabetes UK, a charity Em was very passionate about. This will be the biggest single team that Diabetes UK has ever had.

 

I have ran one marathon before. It was a week after Emily passed away. It was very emotional not having her there as she was intending to come and support us all. I ran for her and it pushed me to get a far better time than expected. After that I swore I would never run a marathon again, however this worthy cause has led me to don my running boots again.