<p>Hi Reader!</p> <p>I'm running for <span style="color: #000000;">Bliss,</span> the special care baby charity, which provides vital support and care to premature and sick babies across the UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have 3 sons - <strong>all alive today</strong> purely because of the facilities and&nbsp;skills of the teams&nbsp;available for premature babies.</p> <p>My first was born at 34 weeks, second at 32 weeks and the third at 25 weeks.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>What motivates me to run for BLISS</strong></span></p> <p>I've sat in <strong>neonatal units</strong> for days. The endless staring at machines, wires and talking to the nurses looking for the glimmer of hope in the language they use.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I've listened to the <strong>dinging</strong> and binging of the machines; I&nbsp;recognise the noise when the sats drop and the oxygen levels are dropping below the norm and I've watched <strong>babies disappear</strong> from the unit.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I understand the milestones. Intensive to high care from high care to neonatal, the heated cot, the nose feeding to bottle feeding, and I know the fear and&nbsp;joy of taking a tiny baby home.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bliss provides vital support to people and families like mine.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Why on earth did I start running?!</span></strong></p> <p>6 years ago I started running. I started running because I'd had 3 kids, I was&nbsp;unfit,&nbsp;and I wanted to be able to run for 1 hour so I could play hockey.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>When I was at school, I<strong> hated running</strong>. In fact, it used to take me about <strong>15 minutes to do 1 mile </strong>and that was pushing it.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The London Marathon was definitely not on my to do list in fact it wasn't until I <strong>watched my friend</strong> on TV come over the <strong>finish line</strong> that it even entered my mind.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Having done a few half marathons, I thought&nbsp;I actually want to do the London Marathon.&nbsp;But I wanted to<strong> run for a&nbsp;charity that meant</strong> something&nbsp;to me so I had something to think about whilst pounding the 26.2 miles route. And that charity really has to be <strong>BLISS.</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>And after 4 attempts of trying to enter the London Marathon, I'm in!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So sponsor me!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for taking the time to read my page.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>