So, I’m running a marathon!

I have been on a marathon journey already, perhaps even two! In January 2017 I was fed up, anxious and depressed suffering, although I didn’t know it with post traumatic stress disorder through events and incidents I had dealt with as a Paramedic. I was over weight, no actually I was morbidly obese and had been since I was a young teenager. Sat at home I turned a corner. Something clicked and I started to exercise. I jogged on the spot, using a computer game to motivate me. I enjoyed it and made a leap to treadmill videos 😀. After two months, of daily on he spot jogging and having lost a stone I brought a pair of trainers in March and made the massive step to venture outside. I have progressed since then with a 10km race under my belt. Amongst my haul of achievements. Running gave me a release from PTSD. My moods elevated, I stopped taking things out on friends and family and found I could focus. I focused on nutrition and running with a goal to become fitter and healthier, in mind and body.

At my heaviest I was 20 stone, in January I was 18.5 stone. When I got my marathon confirmation I was 13 stone, the lightest I have been since being an adult. I am aiming to be 11 stone by 22 April 2018, the day on the London Marathon.

I have amazing support from family and friends, most importantly my Wife Sarah, my rock and motivation 😉

So why am I putting myself through the London Marathon? Simples. Running has saved me from PTSD. It will be the end of the two personal marathons I have been battling for years. I run because I have saved lives and for the ones we lost the battle for. By running and raising £3000 for The Air Ambulance, charity funded teams I work alongside on an almost daily basis, I hope to save more.