<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>As you may know, in October last year my father contracted Leptospirosis and very sadly passed away.&nbsp;</p> <p>Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection and is relatively rare in the UK but is caught from contact with dirty water.</p> <p>Dad was an Olympic gold medalist rower and spent a huge part of his life on the water.</p> <p>I have decided to run the Asics 10k in his honour and donate the proceeds to WaterAid, a charity that aims to work towards better sanitation and clean water for people around the world.</p> <p>Currently over&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">884 million people</strong>&nbsp;in the world do not have access to safe water.</span></p> <p>One child dies every twenty seconds from the effects of dirty water, thats roughly 4,000 children a day.</p> <p>Any donation you can give will make a huge difference so please give whatever you can.</p> <p>(In case you are wondering, I hate running JUST as much as Dad did!!)</p>