A 1500m lake swim, 44km cycle, and a 9.4km run. On Sunday.

I'm sorry to ask you all for more money just after running that marathon in June, but you can't really control the kind of things that make you want to raise money in your life. Just after my friend John died, my cousin Charlotte (Charley) was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. She's barely only a few years older than me, and badass; a lawyer from just near Doncaster, but she (and the rest of the family) were sent reeling from this news. Over email Charley shared a blog post with me in lieu of being able to express it herself. This stood out:

"Being a young woman diagnosed with a gynae cancer and losing your fertility as a result of it, can feel like triple whammy at times. There is something deeply personal about it – for me it stole my female organs, my fertility, my motherhood, my sexuality, my feminism, my hopes, my dreams, my confidence, my career and my future. It replaced those gifts with fear, uncertainty, and loss. If I don’t play it right, then it has the potential to steal my relationships, my job and my sanity. I think we all felt elements of this in bucket loads last week, but the important thing was that we were all trying to claw back the things we can."

Charley has been undergoing chemo since her diagnosis, and dealing with one of the most aggressive cancers. Dealing. Like that's a thing you can do. Anyway. I asked her if I could raise some money for her and she mentioned Ovacome - particularly for their support for younger women with the diagnosis. I wasn't sure if I was recovered enough from an injury to do the triathlon so that's why I'm so late in setting this up - but the doctor said if I rest up until Sunday I should be fine. So please, if you can, give money to Ovacome. And be aware of the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer (from the Ovacome site):

• Bloating that is persistent and does not come and go
• Difficulty eating and feeling full more quickly
• Abdominal or pelvic pain that is experienced most days

These symptoms are frequently experienced by women, however when they are experienced frequently, persistantly and severely [please get checked up].